Georgia COVID Coronavirus data Jan. 28, 2021

ATLANTA — We’re breaking down the trends and relaying information from across the state of Georgia as it comes in, bringing perspective to the data and context to the trends.

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• As of 3 p.m., there have been 12,280 deaths in Georgia, an increase of 145 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days (1/15-1/28), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 111.36 deaths each day. Over the previous 14-day period (1/1-1/14), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 60.64.
• There have been 737,205 cases confirmed in Georgia, an increase of 5,379 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 5,463.21 new cases a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 6,717.
• There have been 49,608 total patients hospitalized in Georgia during the pandemic, an increase of 361 since the previous day according to the Department of Public Health’s cumulative total. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in new patients was 265.36 new patients a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in new patients was 272.07.
• The Georgia Emergency Management Agency began reporting current statewide hospitalizations on May 1. That day they reported 1,500 current hospitalizations. The agency discontinued its daily report on Sept. 5 pointing instead to the newly created Georgia COVID-19 Data Hub.
• According to Georgia’s new database, as of Jan. 28, there were 4,628 current hospitalizations – a decrease of 113 hospitalizations from the previous day.

Appling    1665    49

Atkinson    736    14

Baldwin    3416    90

Bartow    8834    154

Ben Hill    1419    49

Bleckley    743    32

Brantley    788    22

Bulloch    4528    46

Carroll    6353    110

Catoosa    4409    50

Charlton    965    15

Chatham    16202    277

Chattahoochee    2330    1

Chattooga    1941    53

Cherokee    17683    193

Clarke    10952    84

Clayton    17500    281

Coffee    3928    101

Colquitt    2896    55

Columbia    9487    116

Coweta    6988    108

DeKalb    46119    593

Decatur    1941    47

Dougherty    4893    239

Douglas    9360    125

Effingham    3041    45

Emanuel    1618    47

Fayette    5034    101

Forsyth    13995    102

Franklin    2085    28

Fulton    67040    876

Gwinnett    72464    689

Habersham    4297    114

Haralson    1474    27

Henry    15168    189

Houston    8567    142

Jackson    7222    88

Jeff Davis    1136    32

Jefferson    1421    46

Laurens    3335    126

Liberty    2339    39

Lowndes    6848    111

Lumpkin    2492    37

Madison    2293    27

McDuffie    1413    30

McIntosh    524    10

Meriwether    1224    29

Mitchell    1392    67

Montgomery    659    15

Muscogee    11497    242

Newton    6135    151

Oglethorpe    1014    15

Paulding    8493    128

Pickens    2070    37

Randolph    414    30

Richmond    16654    279

Rockdale    4831    98

Seminole    673    14

Spalding    3261    104

Stephens    2650    63

Taliaferro    89    0

Tattnall    1611    29

Treutlen    562    16

Walton    6575    141

Washington    1461    31

Whitfield    13277    163

Wilkinson    645    21