Georgia COVID Coronavirus data February 18, 2021

ATLANTA — We’re breaking down the trends and relaying information from across the state of Georgia as it comes in, bringing perspective to the data and context to the trends.

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• As of 3 p.m., there have been 14,358 deaths in Georgia, an increase of 104 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days (2/5-2/18), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 93.57 deaths each day. Over the previous 14-day period (1/22-2/4), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 109.79.
• There have been 798,785 cases confirmed in Georgia, an increase of 2,238 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 2,550.57 new cases a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 4,412.
• There have been 54,173 total patients hospitalized in Georgia during the pandemic, an increase of 293 since the previous day according to the Department of Public Health’s cumulative total. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in new patients was 209 new patients a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in new patients was 254.79.
• The Georgia Emergency Management Agency began reporting current statewide hospitalizations on May 1. That day they reported 1,500 current hospitalizations. The agency discontinued its daily report on Sept. 5 pointing instead to the newly created Georgia COVID-19 Data Hub.
• According to Georgia’s new database, as of Feb.18, there were 2,593 current hospitalizations – a decrease of 61 hospitalizations from the previous day.

Appling    1783    56

Atkinson    753    16

Baldwin    3654    98

Barrow    7790    109

Bartow    9774    171

Ben Hill    1449    55

Bleckley    771    32

Brantley    853    25

Bulloch    4944    47

Carroll    6831    117

Catoosa    4927    53

Charlton    1004    17

Chatham    17971    330

Chattahoochee    2615    9

Chattooga    2049    57

Cherokee    19448    238

Clarke    11782    105

Clayton    20338    343

Coffee    4092    119

Colquitt    3210    61

Columbia    10306    143

Coweta    7690    140

Crawford    487    13

DeKalb    50248    714

Decatur    2022    51

Dougherty    5198    256

Douglas    10547    147

Effingham    3450    54

Emanuel    1667    51

Fayette    5767    119

Forsyth    15638    135

Franklin    2228    36

Fulton    72459    1007

Gwinnett    78643    842

Habersham    4497    134

Haralson    1578    31

Henry    16618    227

Houston    9144    150

Jackson    7829    113

Jeff Davis    1209    34

Jefferson    1518    50

Laurens    3556    132

Liberty    2626    46

Lowndes    7156    126

Lumpkin    2624    50

Madison    2527    35

McDuffie    1549    37

McIntosh    578    13

Meriwether    1397    43

Mitchell    1456    70

Montgomery    690    19

Muscogee    12474    305

Newton    6681    175

Oglethorpe    1092    22

Paulding    9405    141

Pickens    2282    46

Randolph    442    31

Richmond    18205    332

Rockdale    5327    121

Seminole    708    15

Spalding    3525    122

Stephens    2814    69

Taliaferro    93    1

Tattnall    1752    36

Thomas    3365    104

Treutlen    605    19

Walton    7150    186

Washington    1554    46

Whitfield    13993    197

Wilkinson    687    22