Georgia COVID Coronavirus data March 20, 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 16,145 deaths in Georgia, an increase of 50 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days (3/7-3/20), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 39.14 deaths each day. Over the previous 14-day period (2/21-3/6), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 69.14.
• There have been 842,251 cases confirmed in Georgia, an increase of 1,167 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 1,061 new cases a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 1,718.
• There have been 57,911 total patients hospitalized in Georgia during the pandemic, an increase of 89 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 82.07 new patients a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in new patients was 151.07.
• 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 March 20, there were 1,213 current hospitalizations – a decrease of 40 hospitalizations from the previous day.

Appling    1852    62

Atkinson    761    16

Baldwin    3760    107

Barrow    8270    120

Bartow    10684    194

Ben Hill    1472    56

Berrien    1033    29

Bleckley    789    33

Brantley    889    29

Bulloch    5128    56

Carroll    7122    128

Catoosa    5282    61

Charlton    1038    21

Chatham    19225    377

Chattahoochee    2861    10

Chattooga    2139    60

Cherokee    21114    279

Clarke    12326    120

Clayton    21900    398

Coffee    4182    128

Colquitt    3398    71

Columbia    10691    156

Coweta    8332    169

Crawford    510    15

DeKalb    53896    839

Decatur    2083    53

Dougherty    5351    272

Douglas    11229    165

Effingham    3612    58

Emanuel    1709    51

Fayette    6332    137

Forsyth    16835    159

Franklin    2291    39

Fulton    77102    1152

Gwinnett    82515    970

Habersham    4568    141

Haralson    1662    33

Henry    17966    266

Houston    9622    179

Jackson    8205    128

Jeff Davis    1261    37

Jefferson    1547    55

Laurens    3629    140

Liberty    3061    57

Lowndes    7479    130

Lumpkin    2700    58

Madison    2662    42

McDuffie    1606    38

McIntosh    667    14

Meriwether    1453    60

Mitchell    1482    71

Montgomery    706    19

Muscogee    13413    361

Newton    7092    195

Non-GA Resident/Unknown State    24872    429

Oglethorpe    1154    27

Paulding    10183    155

Pickens    2418    58

Randolph    462    32

Richmond    19019    375

Rockdale    5664    143

Seminole    722    17

Spalding    3792    142

Stephens    2908    72

Taliaferro    99    3

Tattnall    1806    42

Thomas    3467    108

Treutlen    622    20

Unknown    2593    11

Walton    7693    221

Washington    1608    54

Whitfield    14403    218

Wilkinson    720    26