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

There have been 482 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 additional deaths reported to state officials since last night, Georgia health officials announced Tuesday at noon. That brings the totals to nearly 20,000 cases and nearly 800 deaths.

There have now been 19,881 cases of the coronavirus disease reported in Georgia, including 799 deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The deaths account for 4.02% of all cases seen in the state.

There have also been 3,779 people hospitalized so far, accounting for 19.01% of the cases reported to the state.

The state’s health lab has conducted 5,733 tests with 1,017 of them being positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, commercial labs have conducted 82,407 tests with 18,864 of them being positive for the disease.

Sixty-two percent of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 are between the ages of 18 and 59. They are followed by people over 60 (34%) and newborns to 17-year-olds (1%). The ages of patients is unknown in 3% of cases seen in the state however.

Women make up 54% of cases seen in Georgia, while men make up 44%. The gender of patients was unknown in 2% of cases.

Fulton County county has had the most cases in the state, 2,208 in all with 82 of them resulting in death. Among the five counties with the most COVID-19 cases seen in Georgia, Fulton is followed by:

• DeKalb County (1,534 cases, 29 deaths)

• Dougherty County (1,446 cases and 103 deaths)

• Cobb County (1,215 cases, 59 deaths)

• Gwinnett County (1,222 cases, 42 deaths)

The full county-by-county breakdown of cases and deaths is: