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

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From Staff Reports

There have been 460 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths reported to state officials since 7 p.m. Saturday, Georgia health officials announced at noon Sunday.

There have now been 18,301 cases of the coronavirus disease reported in Georgia, including 687 deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The deaths account for 3.75% of all cases seen in the state.

There have also been 3,4464 people hospitalized so far, accounting for 18.93% of the cases reported to the state.

The state’s health lab has conducted 5,318 tests with 999 of them being positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, commercial labs have conducted 74,615 tests with 17,302 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, 2,110 in all with 75 of them resulting in death. Among the five counties with the most COVID-19 cases seen in Georgia, Fulton is followed by:

• DeKalb County (1,452 cases, 24 deaths)

• Dougherty County (1,422 cases and 94 deaths)

• Cobb County (1,125 cases, 51 deaths)

• Gwinnett County (1,099 cases, 38 deaths)

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

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