Thursday noon update: Georgia Department of Public Health releases latest coronavirus cases and death figures

There have been 410 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, and 26 additional deaths from it, reported in Georgia since 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to new numbers released by the Georgia Department of Public Health Thursday at noon.

Statewide, there have been 21,512 cases of COVID-19 and 872 deaths reported to state health officials. The deaths account for 4.05% of cases seen in the state so far.

There have also been 4,069 hospitalizations in Georgia, which accounts for 18.92% of all cases seen in the state.

Health officials have not released figures on the number of people who got COVID-19, but later recovered.

The state’s health lab has processed 6,537 tests, with 1,245 of them being positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, commercial labs had processed 94,525 tests, with 20,267 of them being positive for the disease.

The state has not released a county-by-county breakdown of where tests have been performed.

Peoples ages 18 to 59 make up 62% of cases seen in Georgia, followed people ages 60 and older (34%) and newborns to 17-year-olds (1%). The ages of patients in 3% of cases was unknown, however.

Meanwhile, women make up 54% of COVID-19 cases while men make up 44%. The gender of patients in 2% of cases in unknown.

Fulton County has more total cases than any county in the state with 2,308 cases and 86 deaths. Among the five counties with the highest cases totals in Georgia, Fulton is followed by:

• DeKalb (1,639 cases, 33 deaths)

• Dougherty (1,479 cases, 110 deaths)

• Gwinnett (1,304 cases, 46 deaths)

• Cobb (1,284 cases, 65 deaths)

The full county-by-county breakdown of cases and deaths in Georgia is as follows: