Weekly Report: Georgia, Coweta have notable decreases in new cases
From Staff Reports
THE SKINNY – Both Georgia and Coweta County saw huge declines in new COVID-19 cases in the past week.
Below is the weekly summary of COVID-19 data thru Wednesday, January 18 from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
COWETA COUNTY
For the third consecutive week, Coweta County had a decrease in new COVID-19 cases. The county confirmed 103 new cases for an average of 14.7 per day for the reporting period of Jan. 12-18. It was a large decline of 64 cases from the previous week and the fewest cases since in a 7-day period since mid-November.
Coweta also recorded 0 deaths and had 15 hospitalizations (up 2).
For the month of January, Coweta has recorded 336 new COVID-19 cases (18.6 per day), 1 death and 37 hospitalizations.
Per the Georgia Department of Public Health, 200,682 vaccines have been applied to Coweta residents thru Jan. 18 with 217 last week. The Coweta and Georgia vaccination rates follow – Coweta is at 56 percent with one dose (Georgia is at 67 percent), 52 percent fully vaccinated (Georgia is at 58 percent), 46 percent have been fully vaccinated and had a booster shot (Georgia 46 percent), and 24 percent have had an additional dose (Georgia 27 percent).
The overall positive test rate in Coweta was 13.8 percent this week (Jan. 12-18), with the two-week infection rate falling to 15.6 percent. Last week, those test rates were at 13.8 and 19.8, respectively.
Coweta has confirmed cumulative totals of 27,386 cases, 454 deaths (with an additional 68 probable deaths) and 2,106 hospitalizations through Jan. 18 from when the pandemic began some 34-plus months ago. Coweta ranks 19th in Georgia (out of 159 counties) in cumulative cases, 14th in deaths due to COVID and 16th in COVID-related hospitalizations.
GEORGIA
Georgia experienced a significant decrease in new COVID-19 cases for the week of January 12-18.
Georgia confirmed 6,016 cases for an average of 859.4 per day last week, dropping by 3,006 cases from the previous week of Jan. 5-11. This week’s case totals broke a streak of six consecutive weeks for the state to be above 7,000 new cases.
Other categories in the past week included deaths with 102 (up 4 from last week), 742 hospitalizations (down 122) and 42 ICU admits (down 12).
The overall positive test rate in Georgia this week remains at 12.5 percent, with the two-week infection rate falling from 18.2 percent last week to 14.2 now.
Overall, Georgia has confirmed cumulative totals of 2,321,420 cases, 34,574 deaths, 135,456 hospitalizations and 17,453 ICU admits through Jan. 18 from when the pandemic began.
COWETA COUNTY MONTH-BY MONTH
The month-by-month cumulative breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Coweta County from the Georgia Department of Public Health:
MONTH … Confirmed Cases, Deaths, Hospitalizations
March 2020 … 41 cases (1.4 per day), 2 deaths
April 2020 … 154 cases (5.1 per day), 2 deaths
May 2020 … 222 cases (7.2 per day), 5 deaths, 14 hospitalizations
June 2020 … 250 cases (8.3 per day), 6 deaths, 9 hospitalizations
July 2020 … 629 cases (20.3 per day), 4 deaths, 32 hospitalizations
August 2020 … 953 cases (30.7 per day), 7 deaths, 16 hospitalizations
September 2020 … 379 cases (12.6 per day), 21 deaths, 24 hospitalizations
October 2020 … 385 cases (12.4 per day), 16 deaths, 20 hospitalizations
November 2020 … 640 cases (21.3 per day), 5 deaths, 25 hospitalizations
December 2020 … 1,620 cases (52.3 per day), 10 deaths, 36 hospitalizations
January 2021 …1,866 cases (60.2 per day), 31 deaths, 32 hospitalizations
February 2021 … 886 cases (31.6 per day), 41 deaths, 39 hospitalizations
March 2021 … 373 cases (12.0 per day), 30 deaths, 29 hospitalizations
April 2021 … 247 cases (8.2 per day), 25 deaths, 39 hospitalizations
May 2021 … 181 cases (5.8 per day), 4 deaths, 34 hospitalizations
June 2021 … 70 cases (2.5 per day), 8 deaths, 24 hospitalizations
July 2021 … 212 cases (7.1 per day), 5 deaths, 10 hospitalizations
August 2021 … 1,626 cases (52.4 per day), 13 deaths, 95 hospitalizations
September 2021 … 1,558 (51.9 per day), 46 deaths, 199 hospitalizations
October 2021 … 428 cases (13.8 per day), 53 deaths, 94 hospitalizations
November 2021 … 310 cases (10.3 per day), 13 deaths, 66 hospitalizations
December 2021 … 2,633 cases (84.9 per day), 12 deaths, 147 hospitalizations
January 2022 … 4,462 cases (143.9 per day), 15 deaths, 221 hospitalizations
February 2022 … 629 cases (22.5 per day), 40 deaths, 77 hospitalizations
March 2022 … 107 cases (3.5 per day), 5 deaths, 75 hospitalizations
April 2022 … 184 cases (6.1 per day), 7 deaths, 40 hospitalizations
May 2022 … 496 cases (16.0 per day), 3 deaths, 89 hospitalizations
June 2022 … 1,073 cases (35.8 per day), 2 deaths, 78 hospitalizations
July 2022 … 1,479 cases (47.7 per day), 5 deaths, 136 hospitalizations
August 2022 … 1,231 cases (39.7 per day), 5 deaths, 124 hospitalizations
September 2022 … 475 cases (15.8 per day), 4 deaths, 62 hospitalizations
October 2022 … 198 cases (6.4 per day), 2 deaths, 34 hospitalizations
November 2022 … 320 cases (10.7 per day), 3 deaths, 30 hospitalizations
December 2022 … 724 cases (23.4 per day), 3 deaths, 82 hospitalizations
January 2023 … 336 cases (18.6 per day), 1 death, 37 hospitalizations
Single-month highs: 4462 cases (January 2022), 143.9 cases per day (January 2022), 53 deaths (October 2021) and 221 hospitalizations (January 2022).
COWETA COUNTY WEEK-BY-WEEK
The week-by-week cumulative breakdown for the past 12 weeks of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Coweta County from the Georgia Department of Public Health is listed below.
WEEK … Confirmed Cases (Avg. per day), Deaths, Hospitalizations
Oct. 27-Nov. 2 … 62 cases (8.8 per day), 1 death, 8 hospitalized
Nov. 3-9 … 50 cases (7.1 per day), 0 deaths, 2 hospitalized
Nov. 10-16 … 66 cases (9.4 per day), 1 deaths, 11 hospitalized
Nov. 17-23 … 79 cases (11.3 per day), 1 death, 8 hospitalized
Nov. 24-30 … 114 cases (16.3 per day), 1 death, 9 hospitalized
Dec. 1-7 … 117 cases (16.7 per day), 1 death, 16 hospitalized
Dec. 8-14 … 139 cases (19.8 per day), 0 deaths, 21 hospitalized
Dec. 15-21 … 176 cases (25.1 per day), 2 deaths, 18 hospitalized
Dec. 22-28 … 183 cases (26.1 per day), 0 deaths, 21 hospitalized
Dec. 29-Jan. 4 … 175 cases (25.0 per day), 0 deaths, 15 hospitalized
Jan. 5-11 … 167 cases (23.9 per day), 1 death, 13 hospitalized
Jan. 12-18 … 103 cases (14.7 per day), 0 deaths, 15 hospitalized
Single-week highs: 1561 cases (Jan. 1-7, 2022), 223.0 cases per day (Jan. 1-7, 2022), 15 deaths (2 times, last Oct. 9-15, 2021) and 76 hospitalizations (Sept. 18-24, 2021).
COWETA COUNTY DAY-BY-DAY
The day-by-day cumulative breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations in Coweta County from December 14 to January 18 is listed below from the Georgia Department of Public Health:
DAY, DATE … Confirmed Cases (Change), Deaths (Change), Hospitalized (Change)
Wednesday, Dec. 14 … 26,582 cases (+56), 451 deaths (0), 2,024 hospitalizations (+21^^)
Thursday, Dec. 15 … 26,616 cases (+34), 451 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Dec. 16 … 26,644 cases (+28), 451 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Dec. 17 … 26,669 cases (+25), 453 deaths (+2), not available
Sunday, Dec. 18 … 26,694 cases (+25), 453 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Dec. 19 … 26,704 cases (+10), 453 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Dec. 20 … 26,725 cases (+21), 453 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Dec. 21 … 26,758 cases (+33), 453 deaths (0), 2,042 hospitalizations (+18^^)
Thursday, Dec. 22 … 26,793 cases (+35), 453 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Dec. 23 … 26,823 cases (+30), 453 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Dec. 24 … 26,851 cases (+28), 453 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Dec. 25 … 26,890 cases (+39), 453 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Dec. 26 … 26,902 cases (+12), 453 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Dec. 27 … 26,914 cases (+12), 453 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Dec. 28 … 26,941 cases (+27), 453 deaths (0), 2,063 hospitalizations (+21^^)
Thursday, Dec. 29 … 26,943 cases (+2), 453 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Dec. 30 … 27,013 cases (+70), 453 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Dec. 31 … 27,050 cases (+37), 453 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Jan. 1 … 27,052 cases (+2), 453 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Jan. 2 … 27,053 cases (+1), 453 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Jan. 3 … 27,053 cases (0), 453 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Jan. 4 … 27,116 cases (+63), 453 deaths (0), 2,078 hospitalizations (+15^^)
Thursday, Jan. 5 … 27,166 cases (+50), 454 deaths (+1), not available
Friday, Jan. 6 … 27,188 cases (+22), 454 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Jan. 7 … 27,209 cases (+21), 454 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Jan. 8 … 27,215 cases (+6), 454 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Jan. 9 … 27,218 cases (+3), 454 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Jan. 10 … 27,220 cases (+2), 454 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Jan. 11 … 27,283 cases (+63), 454 deaths (0), 2,091 hospitalizations (+13^^)
Thursday, Jan. 12 … 27,302 cases (+19), 454 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Jan. 13 … 27,311 cases (+9), 454 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Jan. 14 … 27,331 cases (+20), 454 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Jan. 15 … 27,345 cases (+14), 454 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Jan. 16 … 27,355 cases (+10), 454 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Jan. 17 … 27,365 cases (+10), 454 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Jan. 18 … 27,386 cases (+21), 454 deaths (0), 2,106 hospitalizations (+15^^)
^^ denotes 7-day total (Thursday thru Wednesday)
Single-day highs: 386 cases (Dec. 30, 2021), 6 deaths (2 times, last Oct. 15, 2021), 26 hospitalizations (Jan. 27, 2022), 118 consecutive days with 10-or-more cases (Nov. 14, 2020-March 12, 2021), 15 consecutive days with 100-or-more cases (Dec. 28, 2021-Jan. 11, 2022)
The Daily Status Report generated by the Georgia Department of Public Health publishes each Wednesday at 3 p.m.
To access this daily report, visit: https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report.
