NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 24: Doctors test hospital staff with flu-like symptoms for coronavirus (COVID-19) in set-up tents to triage possible COVID-19 patients outside before they enter the main Emergency department area at St. Barnabas hospital in the Bronx on March 24, 2020 in New York City. New York City has about a third of the nation’s confirmed coronavirus cases, making it the center of the outbreak in the United States. (Photo by Misha Friedman/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) — Before Governor Brian Kemp’s executive shelter in place order takes effect at 6 p.m. tonight, the number of coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases continue to climb.
These are the latest numbers posted by the Georgia Department of Public Health as of noon on April 3.
| COVID-19 Confirmed Cases: | No. Cases (%) |
| Total | 5831 (100%) |
| Hospitalized | 1158(19.86%) |
| Deaths | 184 (3.16%) |
| COVID-19 Confirmed Cases By County: | No. Cases | No. Deaths |
| Fulton | 882 | 23 |
| Dougherty | 560 | 30 |
| Dekalb | 448 | 8 |
| Cobb | 381 | 18 |
| Gwinnett | 329 | 8 |
| Clayton | 195 | 6 |
| Bartow | 154 | 3 |
| Carroll | 143 | 2 |
| Henry | 125 | 3 |
| Lee | 115 | 8 |
| Cherokee | 104 | 5 |
| Hall | 79 | 0 |
| Floyd | 77 | 2 |
| Douglas | 71 | 4 |
| Rockdale | 63 | 2 |
| Forsyth | 60 | 1 |
| Sumter | 59 | 3 |
| Chatham | 58 | 3 |
| Fayette | 58 | 4 |
| Clarke | 57 | 8 |
| Coweta | 53 | 2 |
| Houston | 53 | 5 |
| Richmond | 50 | 1 |
| Terrell | 50 | 2 |
| Early | 48 | 1 |
| Mitchell | 43 | 1 |
| Paulding | 42 | 0 |
| Newton | 40 | 1 |
| Colquitt | 34 | 2 |
| Bibb | 32 | 1 |
| Columbia | 32 | 0 |
| Muscogee | 30 | 0 |
| Tift | 30 | 0 |
| Worth | 30 | 1 |
| Lowndes | 28 | 1 |
| Troup | 26 | 1 |
| Crisp | 23 | 0 |
| Glynn | 23 | 0 |
| Spalding | 23 | 1 |
| Barrow | 21 | 2 |
| Gordon | 21 | 2 |
| Oconee | 19 | 0 |
| Thomas | 17 | 0 |
| Polk | 16 | 0 |
| Walton | 16 | 0 |
| Ware | 16 | 2 |
| Coffee | 15 | 0 |
| Laurens | 15 | 0 |
| Whitfield | 15 | 1 |
| Pierce | 14 | 0 |
| Dawson | 13 | 0 |
| Bryan | 12 | 1 |
| Decatur | 12 | 0 |
| Dooly | 12 | 0 |
| Jackson | 12 | 0 |
| Turner | 12 | 0 |
| Baldwin | 10 | 1 |
| Calhoun | 10 | 1 |
| Meriwether | 10 | 0 |
| Butts | 9 | 0 |
| Greene | 9 | 0 |
| Peach | 9 | 1 |
| Pickens | 9 | 1 |
| Burke | 8 | 0 |
| Fannin | 8 | 0 |
| Randolph | 8 | 0 |
| Clay | 7 | 0 |
| Haralson | 7 | 0 |
| Harris | 7 | 0 |
| Liberty | 7 | 0 |
| Lumpkin | 7 | 0 |
| Murray | 7 | 0 |
| Bacon | 6 | 0 |
| Camden | 6 | 0 |
| Catoosa | 6 | 0 |
| Effingham | 6 | 0 |
| Irwin | 6 | 0 |
| Jones | 6 | 0 |
| Lamar | 6 | 0 |
| Monroe | 6 | 0 |
| Pulaski | 6 | 0 |
| Seminole | 6 | 0 |
| Upson | 6 | 0 |
| Washington | 6 | 0 |
| Brooks | 5 | 0 |
| Bulloch | 5 | 0 |
| Dodge | 5 | 0 |
| Franklin | 5 | 0 |
| Lincoln | 5 | 0 |
| Madison | 5 | 1 |
| Mcduffie | 5 | 1 |
| Miller | 5 | 0 |
| Stephens | 5 | 0 |
| Toombs | 5 | 1 |
| Baker | 4 | 1 |
| Schley | 4 | 0 |
| Warren | 4 | 0 |
| Appling | 3 | 0 |
| Banks | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Hill | 3 | 0 |
| Berrien | 3 | 0 |
| Chattooga | 3 | 0 |
| Grady | 3 | 0 |
| Hart | 3 | 0 |
| Pike | 3 | 0 |
| Tattnall | 3 | 0 |
| Walker | 3 | 0 |
| White | 3 | 0 |
| Wilkes | 3 | 0 |
| Chattahoochee | 2 | 0 |
| Clinch | 2 | 0 |
| Habersham | 2 | 0 |
| Heard | 2 | 1 |
| Jasper | 2 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 2 | 0 |
| Jenkins | 2 | 0 |
| Macon | 2 | 0 |
| Mcintosh | 2 | 0 |
| Morgan | 2 | 0 |
| Putnam | 2 | 0 |
| Rabun | 2 | 0 |
| Screven | 2 | 0 |
| Talbot | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor | 2 | 0 |
| Telfair | 2 | 0 |
| Twiggs | 2 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 2 | 0 |
| Bleckley | 1 | 0 |
| Candler | 1 | 0 |
| Charlton | 1 | 0 |
| Cook | 1 | 0 |
| Dade | 1 | 1 |
| Elbert | 1 | 0 |
| Emanuel | 1 | 0 |
| Gilmer | 1 | 0 |
| Johnson | 1 | 0 |
| Lanier | 1 | 0 |
| Long | 1 | 0 |
| Marion | 1 | 0 |
| Oglethorpe | 1 | 1 |
| Quitman | 1 | 0 |
| Stewart | 1 | 0 |
| Towns | 1 | 0 |
| Union | 1 | 0 |
| Webster | 1 | 0 |
| Wheeler | 1 | 0 |
| Wilkinson | 1 | 0 |
| Unknown | 507 | 4 |
| *Based on patient county of residence when known | ||
| COVID-19 Testing By Lab Type: | No. Pos. Tests | Total Tests |
| Commercial Lab | 5428 | 22960 |
| Gphl | 403 | 2305 |