ATLANTA — There are now 6,742 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 219 deaths in the state of Georgia, as of 7 p.m. Sunday. At least 1,296 cases required hospitalization.
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The youngest person to die in Georgia was a 29-year-old woman in Peach County. The oldest was a 98-year-old man in Clarke County. The median age of the victims is 73.
According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, 59 percent of the cases are ages 18-59, 36 percent are 60 and older, 4 percent unknown and 1 percent are under age 17.
For perspective, this time last week, on March 29, only 80 people across the state had died and only 2,651 were confirmed to be positive for the virus.
Here are the latest case numbers and deaths broken down county-by-county, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s report.
COVID-19 Deaths in Georgia
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