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Georgia COVID-19 cases grow, but Emory University epidemiologist sees positive signs

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Atlanta, GA – Georgia continues adding COVID-19 cases to its daily reports and the death toll keeps rising.

But the state’s hospitalization rate is trending in the right direction, Emory University epidemiologist Carlos del Rio told reporters on Friday.

Yesterday at noon there were 2,159 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Georgia. Today, April 10, there are 2,351.

“The fact is the models are going in the right direction, we’re seeing less disease, less hospitalizations,” he said.

Instead of experiencing exponential growth in hospitalizations, the growth has been linear.

Instead of seeing patients double every day – from 10, to 20, to 40 – hospitals are seeing 10 hospitalizations one day, 14 the next day and 16 the day after that.

“That makes a huge difference,” he said.

He also said healthcare workers are seeing positive results using a technique called “prone ventilation.” Patients are put on ventilators after being placed on their abdomen and then flipped over by staff, which is bringing the mortality rate down.

Del Rio said he does not expect the state’s hospitals to be overwhelmed in the way that New York’s hospitals have been overwhelmed.

“Yes, the cases continue to increase,” he said. “Part of the increase is transmission. Part of it is more testing. That’s OK. But we know that cases are stabilizing because the number of hospitalizations is not going up as fast as we thought it was going to.”

As of noon on April 10, Georgia has 11,483 confirmed cases, up from 10,566 reported at the same time on April 9. Yesterday the state reported 379 deaths. Today there are 416 reported deaths.

The numbers are provided by the state Department of Public Health and are presumed to be accurate.

COVID-19 Confirmed Cases: No. Cases (%)
Total 11483 (100%)
Hospitalized 2351(20.47%)
Deaths 416 (3.62%)
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases By County: No. Cases No. Deaths
Fulton 1364 48
Dougherty 1062 67
Dekalb 795 13
Cobb 662 33
Gwinnett 646 17
Clayton 310 11
Hall 250 0
Henry 242 3
Lee 222 15
Sumter 211 9
Bartow 207 15
Carroll 197 5
Cherokee 170 7
Douglas 142 5
Chatham 136 5
Mitchell 131 13
Muscogee 127 3
Forsyth 113 2
Houston 111 7
Early 105 5
Terrell 100 10
Floyd 99 5
Randolph 98 5
Richmond 95 4
Fayette 92 4
Coweta 90 2
Rockdale 85 2
Clarke 81 10
Colquitt 80 5
Worth 75 4
Newton 73 3
Thomas 73 3
Paulding 69 2
Crisp 61 0
Spalding 60 4
Columbia 59 0
Bibb 56 1
Lowndes 56 1
Tift 56 1
Troup 56 3
Coffee 53 2
Barrow 48 3
Ware 48 4
Upson 47 0
Pierce 41 2
Calhoun 37 2
Walton 36 2
Dooly 35 1
Oconee 35 1
Baldwin 32 1
Glynn 32 0
Bryan 29 2
Gordon 28 3
Laurens 28 1
Turner 28 0
Butts 27 0
Decatur 26 0
Jackson 26 1
Greene 25 1
Dawson 24 1
Whitfield 24 3
Burke 21 0
Polk 21 0
Washington 21 0
Peach 20 2
Camden 19 0
Effingham 19 1
Mcduffie 19 2
Macon 18 0
Meriwether 18 0
Brooks 17 1
Harris 17 1
Bulloch 16 0
Clay 15 1
Grady 15 0
Haralson 15 0
Lamar 15 0
Pike 15 0
Stephens 15 0
Bacon 14 0
Johnson 14 1
Liberty 14 0
Morgan 14 0
Habersham 13 0
Monroe 12 1
Murray 12 0
Schley 12 1
Seminole 12 0
Baker 11 2
Catoosa 11 0
Irwin 11 0
Oglethorpe 11 1
Pickens 11 2
Toombs 11 1
White 11 0
Miller 10 0
Dodge 9 0
Fannin 9 0
Jones 9 0
Lumpkin 9 0
Madison 9 1
Marion 9 0
Pulaski 9 0
Talbot 9 1
Telfair 9 0
Ben Hill 8 0
Jenkins 8 1
Wilkinson 8 1
Appling 7 0
Banks 7 0
Emanuel 7 0
Berrien 6 0
Brantley 6 1
Cook 6 0
Jasper 6 0
Lincoln 6 0
Rabun 6 0
Stewart 6 0
Taylor 6 2
Union 6 1
Walker 6 0
Warren 6 0
Wilkes 6 0
Lanier 5 0
Putnam 5 0
Screven 5 0
Wilcox 5 0
Candler 4 0
Chattooga 4 1
Gilmer 4 0
Jefferson 4 1
Quitman 4 0
Chattahoochee 3 0
Clinch 3 0
Crawford 3 0
Elbert 3 0
Franklin 3 0
Hart 3 0
Heard 3 1
Mcintosh 3 0
Tattnall 3 0
Towns 3 0
Wayne 3 0
Webster 3 0
Atkinson 2 0
Charlton 2 0
Dade 2 1
Echols 2 0
Twiggs 2 0
Wheeler 2 0
Bleckley 1 0
Hancock 1 0
Jeff Davis 1 0
Long 1 0
Treutlen 1 0
Unknown 1246 5
*Based on patient county of residence when known
COVID-19 Testing By Lab Type: No. Pos. Tests Total Tests
Commercial Lab 10944 43156
Gphl 539 2991

COVID-19 Cases in Georgia by Race and Ethnicity

Race Ethnicity Cases
Black Or African American Hispanic/Latino 15
Black Or African American Non-Hispanic/Latino 1939
Black Or African American Unknown 460
White Hispanic/Latino 118
White Non-Hispanic/Latino 1440
White Unknown 248
American Indian/Native American Hispanic/Latino 1
American Indian/Native American Non-Hispanic/Latino 8
American Indian/Native American Unknown 1
Asian Hispanic/Latino 0
Asian Non-Hispanic/Latino 61
Asian Unknown 16
Multiracial Hispanic/Latino 23
Multiracial Non-Hispanic/Latino 2
Multiracial Unknown 2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino 1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic/Latino 4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Unknown 2
Other Hispanic/Latino 104
Other Non-Hispanic/Latino 41
Other Unknown 25
Unknown Hispanic/Latino 65
Unknown Non-Hispanic/Latino 288
Unknown Unknown 6619

COVID-19 Deaths in Georgia

Age Gender County Underlying
95 MALE BAKER Yes
65 FEMALE BAKER Unk
53 MALE BALDWIN Yes
91 FEMALE BARROW Yes
64 MALE BARROW Yes
66 MALE BARROW Yes
71 FEMALE BARTOW Yes
84 MALE BARTOW Yes
90 FEMALE BARTOW Yes
87 FEMALE BARTOW Yes
79 MALE BARTOW Yes
88 MALE BARTOW Yes
85 MALE BARTOW Yes
88 MALE BARTOW Yes
93 MALE BARTOW Yes
78 MALE BARTOW Yes
72 MALE BARTOW Yes
90 MALE BARTOW Yes
90 MALE BARTOW Yes
56 MALE BARTOW Yes
69 MALE BARTOW Yes
96 FEMALE BIBB Yes
79 FEMALE BRANTLEY Yes
87 MALE BROOKS Yes
63 MALE BRYAN Yes
65 MALE BRYAN Unk
59 FEMALE CALHOUN Yes
61 FEMALE CALHOUN Yes
80 MALE CARROLL Unk
87 FEMALE CARROLL Unk
86 MALE CARROLL Unk
71 FEMALE CARROLL Unk
64 MALE CARROLL Unk
83 MALE CHATHAM Yes
57 MALE CHATHAM Yes
37 MALE CHATHAM Yes
84 FEMALE CHATHAM Yes
80 FEMALE CHATHAM Yes
82 MALE CHATTOOGA Yes
94 FEMALE CHEROKEE Yes
78 FEMALE CHEROKEE Yes
67 FEMALE CHEROKEE Yes
81 MALE CHEROKEE Yes
78 FEMALE CHEROKEE Yes
73 MALE CHEROKEE Yes
90 MALE CHEROKEE Yes
65 FEMALE CLARKE Unk
79 MALE CLARKE Yes
89 FEMALE CLARKE No
78 FEMALE CLARKE Unk
60 MALE CLARKE Yes
79 MALE CLARKE Yes
98 MALE CLARKE Yes
72 MALE CLARKE Yes
78 FEMALE CLARKE Yes
68 MALE CLARKE Unk
65 MALE CLAY Unk
83 FEMALE CLAYTON Yes
89 MALE CLAYTON Unk
82 MALE CLAYTON Yes
50 MALE CLAYTON Yes
47 MALE CLAYTON Yes
71 FEMALE CLAYTON Unk
67 MALE CLAYTON Unk
49 FEMALE CLAYTON Unk
56 MALE CLAYTON Unk
64 MALE CLAYTON Unk
51 FEMALE CLAYTON No
75 MALE COBB Yes
81 FEMALE COBB Unk
73 MALE COBB Yes
95 FEMALE COBB Yes
75 MALE COBB Yes
82 FEMALE COBB No
67 MALE COBB No
36 MALE COBB Yes
77 MALE COBB Yes
85 FEMALE COBB Yes
67 FEMALE COBB Yes
67 MALE COBB Yes
87 FEMALE COBB Yes
56 MALE COBB No
82 MALE COBB Yes
76 MALE COBB Yes
63 FEMALE COBB Yes
93 MALE COBB Yes
82 MALE COBB Yes
33 MALE COBB Yes
71 MALE COBB Yes
68 MALE COBB Yes
71 MALE COBB Yes
86 MALE COBB Unk
65 MALE COBB Yes
97 MALE COBB No
75 FEMALE COBB Yes
87 MALE COBB Yes
29 MALE COBB No
66 MALE COBB Yes
78 FEMALE COBB Unk
76 MALE COBB Unk
51 MALE COBB Yes
66 MALE COFFEE Unk
64 MALE COFFEE Yes
81 MALE COLQUITT Unk
83 FEMALE COLQUITT Unk
51 MALE COLQUITT Unk
76 FEMALE COLQUITT Unk
53 MALE COLQUITT Yes
42 FEMALE COWETA Yes
77 MALE COWETA Yes
79 FEMALE DADE Yes
80 MALE DAWSON Unk
69 MALE DEKALB Yes
65 FEMALE DEKALB Yes
84 FEMALE DEKALB Unk
81 MALE DEKALB Yes
89 FEMALE DEKALB Yes
91 MALE DEKALB Yes
96 FEMALE DEKALB Yes
31 MALE DEKALB Yes
91 FEMALE DEKALB Yes
88 FEMALE DEKALB Yes
75 MALE DEKALB Yes
66 MALE DEKALB Yes
70 MALE DEKALB Unk
67 MALE DOOLY No
69 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
42 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
66 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
43 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
79 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
34 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
67 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
78 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
47 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
60 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
53 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
87 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
85 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
98 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
79 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
75 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
81 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
96 MALE DOUGHERTY Unk
61 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
63 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
48 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
75 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
86 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
82 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
66 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
66 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
84 MALE DOUGHERTY Unk
68 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
68 MALE DOUGHERTY Unk
65 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
71 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
92 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
92 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
61 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
64 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
48 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
64 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
86 MALE DOUGHERTY Unk
84 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
81 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
62 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
85 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
91 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
78 MALE DOUGHERTY Unk
87 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
90 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
82 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
81 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
46 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
65 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
66 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
87 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
63 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
79 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
97 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Unk
76 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
85 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
66 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
70 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
65 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
45 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
69 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
61 FEMALE DOUGHERTY Yes
63 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
70 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
54 MALE DOUGHERTY Unk
65 MALE DOUGHERTY Yes
66 MALE DOUGLAS No
84 MALE DOUGLAS Yes
78 MALE DOUGLAS Yes
58 FEMALE DOUGLAS Unk
56 MALE DOUGLAS Yes
48 FEMALE EARLY Yes
58 MALE EARLY Unk
65 MALE EARLY Yes
54 MALE EARLY Unk
63 FEMALE EARLY Unk
56 MALE EFFINGHAM Yes
77 FEMALE FAYETTE Yes
85 FEMALE FAYETTE Unk
79 MALE FAYETTE Yes
83 MALE FAYETTE Yes
75 FEMALE FLOYD Yes
65 FEMALE FLOYD Yes
80 MALE FLOYD Yes
75 MALE FLOYD Yes
62 MALE FLOYD Yes
60 MALE FORSYTH Unk
87 MALE FORSYTH Unk
70 FEMALE FULTON Yes
59 MALE FULTON Yes
63 MALE FULTON Yes
81 MALE FULTON Yes
89 MALE FULTON Yes
90 FEMALE FULTON Unk
86 FEMALE FULTON Yes
75 FEMALE FULTON Yes
85 MALE FULTON Yes
84 FEMALE FULTON No
75 MALE FULTON Unk
89 FEMALE FULTON Yes
94 FEMALE FULTON Unk
77 MALE FULTON Yes
87 FEMALE FULTON Unk
90 FEMALE FULTON Unk
96 MALE FULTON Yes
88 FEMALE FULTON Unk
84 MALE FULTON Yes
97 FEMALE FULTON Yes
88 MALE FULTON Yes
36 FEMALE FULTON Unk
80 FEMALE FULTON Yes
66 MALE FULTON Unk
73 MALE FULTON Unk
93 FEMALE FULTON Unk
31 MALE FULTON No
53 MALE FULTON Unk
91 MALE FULTON Yes
73 MALE FULTON Unk
77 FEMALE FULTON Yes
78 MALE FULTON Yes
73 FEMALE FULTON Yes
85 MALE FULTON Unk
78 MALE FULTON Yes
82 MALE FULTON Yes
50 FEMALE FULTON No
90 FEMALE FULTON Unk
33 MALE FULTON Unk
66 FEMALE FULTON Unk
70 FEMALE FULTON Yes
68 FEMALE FULTON Yes
58 MALE FULTON Yes
69 MALE FULTON Yes
68 MALE FULTON Yes
64 MALE FULTON Yes
62 MALE FULTON Yes
62 MALE FULTON Yes
70 FEMALE GORDON Yes
78 MALE GORDON Yes
69 MALE GORDON Yes
100 FEMALE GREENE Unk
80 MALE GWINNETT Yes
85 MALE GWINNETT Yes
73 MALE GWINNETT Unk
66 MALE GWINNETT Yes
44 MALE GWINNETT Yes
81 MALE GWINNETT No
74 FEMALE GWINNETT Yes
81 FEMALE GWINNETT Yes
94 MALE GWINNETT Yes
81 MALE GWINNETT Unk
90 MALE GWINNETT Unk
69 FEMALE GWINNETT Yes
74 FEMALE GWINNETT Yes
70 MALE GWINNETT Yes
81 FEMALE GWINNETT Unk
85 FEMALE GWINNETT Yes
63 MALE GWINNETT Yes
92 FEMALE HARRIS Yes
76 FEMALE HEARD Yes
73 MALE HENRY Unk
80 MALE HENRY Yes
63 FEMALE HENRY Unk
75 MALE HOUSTON Yes
64 MALE HOUSTON Yes
90 MALE HOUSTON Yes
74 FEMALE HOUSTON Yes
84 MALE HOUSTON Yes
64 MALE HOUSTON Yes
85 MALE HOUSTON Unk
53 FEMALE JACKSON Unk
50 FEMALE JEFFERSON Yes
93 MALE JENKINS Yes
67 MALE JOHNSON Unk
83 MALE LAURENS Yes
27 FEMALE LEE No
70 FEMALE LEE No
55 FEMALE LEE Yes
63 MALE LEE Yes
49 MALE LEE Yes
64 MALE LEE Yes
54 MALE LEE Yes
67 MALE LEE Yes
63 MALE LEE Yes
81 FEMALE LEE Yes
49 FEMALE LEE Yes
57 MALE LEE Unk
34 FEMALE LEE Unk
58 MALE LEE Yes
64 FEMALE LEE Yes
66 MALE LOWNDES Yes
71 MALE MADISON Yes
45 MALE MCDUFFIE Unk
73 FEMALE MCDUFFIE Yes
68 MALE MITCHELL Unk
55 FEMALE MITCHELL Unk
89 FEMALE MITCHELL Yes
85 FEMALE MITCHELL Yes
90 FEMALE MITCHELL Unk
81 MALE MITCHELL Yes
81 MALE MITCHELL Unk
73 MALE MITCHELL Unk
97 FEMALE MITCHELL Yes
88 FEMALE MITCHELL Yes
72 MALE MITCHELL Yes
61 FEMALE MITCHELL Unk
54 MALE MITCHELL Unk
77 MALE MONROE Yes
85 MALE MUSCOGEE Unk
65 FEMALE MUSCOGEE Unk
73 MALE MUSCOGEE Yes
61 MALE NEWTON Yes
85 MALE NEWTON Yes
77 MALE NEWTON Yes
85 MALE OCONEE Unk
83 MALE OGLETHORPE Unk
73 MALE PAULDING Yes
74 MALE PAULDING Yes
57 FEMALE PEACH Yes
29 FEMALE PEACH Unk
70 MALE PICKENS Yes
76 FEMALE PICKENS Yes
67 FEMALE PIERCE Unk
83 MALE PIERCE Unk
78 FEMALE RANDOLPH Unk
62 FEMALE RANDOLPH Unk
69 MALE RANDOLPH Yes
78 FEMALE RANDOLPH Unk
66 MALE RANDOLPH Unk
81 FEMALE RICHMOND Unk
62 MALE RICHMOND Yes
83 MALE RICHMOND Yes
72 FEMALE RICHMOND Yes
44 FEMALE ROCKDALE Yes
57 FEMALE ROCKDALE Yes
61 MALE SCHLEY Unk
81 FEMALE SPALDING Unk
73 MALE SPALDING Yes
50 MALE SPALDING Unk
85 MALE SPALDING Yes
72 MALE SUMTER Yes
73 MALE SUMTER Yes
63 MALE SUMTER Yes
66 MALE SUMTER Unk
88 MALE SUMTER Yes
85 MALE SUMTER Unk
68 FEMALE SUMTER Unk
71 FEMALE SUMTER Yes
65 MALE SUMTER Yes
74 MALE TALBOT Yes
60 FEMALE TAYLOR Yes
83 FEMALE TAYLOR Yes
77 MALE TERRELL Unk
68 FEMALE TERRELL Yes
81 MALE TERRELL Yes
73 FEMALE TERRELL Unk
75 MALE TERRELL Yes
79 MALE TERRELL Unk
58 MALE TERRELL Yes
78 MALE TERRELL Yes
88 FEMALE TERRELL Unk
77 MALE TERRELL Yes
87 FEMALE THOMAS Yes
59 MALE THOMAS Yes
82 MALE THOMAS Yes
62 FEMALE TIFT Yes
77 MALE TOOMBS Yes
37 FEMALE TROUP Yes
61 FEMALE TROUP Yes
66 FEMALE TROUP Yes
79 MALE UNION Yes
53 MALE UNKNOWN Unk
78 MALE UNKNOWN Yes
66 MALE UNKNOWN Unk
82 MALE UNKNOWN Yes
84 FEMALE UNKNOWN Unk
75 MALE WALTON Unk
74 MALE WALTON Unk
44 MALE WARE Yes
62 FEMALE WARE Yes
75 MALE WARE Yes
82 FEMALE WARE Unk
78 MALE WHITFIELD Yes
81 MALE WHITFIELD Yes
93 MALE WHITFIELD Yes
63 MALE WILKINSON Yes
77 MALE WORTH Yes
75 MALE WORTH Yes
60 MALE WORTH Yes
48 MALE WORTH Yes

Coronavirus symptoms can appear two to 14 days after exposure and include:

– Fever

– Cough

– Shortness of breath

The CDC says the following symptoms require emergency medical attention:

– Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

– Persistent pain or pressure in the chest

– New confusion or inability to arouse

– Bluish lips or face

Here are the recommendations on coronavirus prevention from the DeKalb County Board of Health:

– Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

– Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

– Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

– Stay home when you are sick.

– Cough or sneeze into your elbow or use a tissue to cover it, then throw the tissue in the trash.

– Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

For more information from the Centers for Disease Control, click here.

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