Georgia among 12 states with 20,000 or more coronavirus cases

GEORGIA — Georgia is now among 12 states in the country that have 20,000 or more confirmed coronavirus cases.

New numbers show confirmed cases of coronavirus in Georgia continue to climb. As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, there were 21,102 confirmed cases, 846 deaths and 4,018 total hospitalizations.

As of 12 p.m. Wednesday, there were 20,740 confirmed cases, 836 deaths and 3,959 hospitalizations.

That’s up from 7 p.m. Tuesday, when there were 20,166 cases, 818 deaths and 3,885 hospitalizations.

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The Georgia Department of Public Health does not release compiled data on how many patients have recovered.

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To show you the weekly growth, here are the cases that have been reported in the last seven days. There’s a downward trend in new cases but there are still spikes:

Tuesday April 14: 14,578 cases (up by 957 cases), 524 deaths (44 new deaths)

Wednesday April 15: 15,260 cases (up by 682 cases), 576 deaths (52 new deaths)

Thursday April 16: 16,368 cases (up by 1,108 cases), 617 deaths (41 new deaths)

Friday April 17: 17,432 cases (up by 1,064 cases), 668 deaths (51 new deaths)

Saturday April 18: 17,841 cases (up by 409 cases), 677 deaths (9 new deaths)

Sunday April 19: 18,489 cases (up by 648 cases), 689 deaths (12 new deaths)

Monday April 20: 19,399 cases (up by 910 cases), 775 deaths (86 new deaths)

Tuesday, April 21: 20,166 cases (up by 767 new cases), 818 deaths (43 new deaths)

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday what he called limited, sensible steps forward to reopening Georgia for business.

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According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, 62 percent of the cases in Georgia are patients between the ages of 18 and 59. Thirty percent of patients are ages 60 and older, 3 percent are of unknown age and 1 percent are between the ages of 0 and 17.

The youngest death in Georgia remains a 22-year-old woman with underlying health conditions in Muscogee County.

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