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.
It’s not clear where the other deaths occurred.
Emory Healthcare announced that a patient died at one of their facilities Wednesday. Details about that patient were not released.
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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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