555 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 20 deaths in Georgia

GEORGIA — There are now 555 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Georgia and 20 deaths, as of 7 p.m. Saturday. That is up from 485 cases and 14 deaths as of 7 p.m. Friday.

The first death was a 67-year-old man who died at WellStar Kennestone Hospital.

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany announced that a 42-year-old woman and a 69-year-old woman both died and that they both had preexisting health conditions.

Emory Healthcare announced that a patient died at one of their facilities Wednesday. Details about that patient were not released.

It’s not clear where the other deaths occurred.

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There are now 56 counties with confirmed cases, which is up from 50 counties at noon on Friday.

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Here are the cases by county:

Fulton - 99

Bartow - 56

Cobb - 50

Dougherty - 47

DeKalb - 41

Gwinnett - 23

Cherokee - 17

Carroll: 14

Lee - 14

Clayton - 13

Richmond - 10

Clarke - 9

Fayette - 9

Hall - 9

Coweta - 8

Floyd - 8

Henry - 7

Lowndes - 7

Chatham - 4

Douglas - 4

Forsyth - 4

Gordon - 4

Newton - 4

Paulding- 4

Polk - 4

Troup - 4

Columbia - 3

Baldwin - 2

Early - 2

Glynn - 2

Laurens - 2

Muscogee - 2

Peach - 2

Pickens - 2

Rockdale - 2

Spalding - 2

Sumter - 2

Terrell - 2

Tift - 2

Worth - 2

Barrow - 1

Bibb - 1

Charlton - 1

Dawson - 1

Effingham - 1

Heard - 1

Houston - 1

Lamar - 1

Lincoln 1

Lumpkin - 1

Miller - 1

Monroe - 1

Oconee - 1

Randolph - 1

Turner - 1

Whitfield - 1

Unknown - 37

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