Wednesday 7 p.m. update: Georgia Department of Public Health releases latest coronavirus cases and death figures

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From Staff Reports

There have been 362 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, and 10 additional deaths from it, reported in Georgia since noon Wednesday, according to new numbers released by the Georgia Department of Public Health Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Statewide, there have been 21,102 cases of COVID-19 and 846 deaths reported to state health officials. The deaths account for 4.01% of cases seen in the state so far.

In total, there were 936 new cases and 28 deaths reported in the state since Tuesday night at 7.

There have also been 4,018 hospitalizations in Georgia, which accounts for 19.04% 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 6,014 tests, with 1,115 of them being positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, commercial labs had processed 88,058 tests, with 19,987 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 2,255 cases and 85 deaths. Among the five counties with the highest cases totals in Georgia, Fulton is followed by:

• DeKalb (1,609 cases, 31 deaths)

• Dougherty (1,479 cases, 106 deaths)

• Gwinnett (1,273 cases, 46 deaths)

• Cobb (1,272 cases, 63 deaths)

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

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