March Report: Coweta County sees low COVID-related numbers

From Staff Reports

Below is the March summary of COVID-19 data for Coweta County as well as the weekly report (March 30-April 5, 2023) from the Georgia Department of Public Health.

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.

COWETA COUNTY

Coweta County experienced some milestone lows in COVID-19 numbers in the month of March.

Coweta confirmed 139 new COVID-19 cases in March for an average of 4.5 per day. It was the third-lowest monthly total for Coweta since the pandemic began. The other two months with lower totals included 41 cases in March 2020 and 107  in March 2022.

The county also had 0 deaths in March, which is the first time no COVID-related deaths have occurred in a month.

Coweta had just 20 hospitalizations in March, which tied for the 5th-lowest monthly total since the pandemic began.

For the reporting week of March 30-April 5, Coweta confirmed 30 new cases (4.3 per day) which was a decrease of five from the previous week. Coweta posted 0 deaths, the sixth-consecutive week without a death which is the longest stretch of weeks since the start. The county had 7 hospitalizations, which was an increase of 4 from a week earlier.

Per the Georgia Department of Public Health, 202,256 vaccines have been applied to Coweta residents thru April 5 with 101 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 59 percent), 47 percent have been fully vaccinated and had a booster shot (Georgia 47 percent), and 24 percent have had an additional dose (Georgia 27 percent).

The overall positive test rate in Coweta is 13.7 percent this week, with the two-week infection rate rising to 9.7 percent (from 9.6 last week).

Coweta has confirmed cumulative totals of 28,028 cases, 459 deaths (with an additional 68 probable deaths) and 2,186 hospitalizations through April 5 from when the pandemic began some three years ago. Coweta ranks 19th in Georgia (out of 159 counties) in cumulative cases, 15th in deaths due to COVID and 16th in COVID-related hospitalizations.

COWETA COUNTY BY THE NUMBERS LAST WEEK – March 30-April 5, 2023

Total Number of New Cases : 30 (average 4.3 per day) /  Previous Week – 35 /  Trend – down 5
Total Number of Deaths: 0 / Previous Week – 0 / Trend – no change
Total Number of Hospitalizations: 7 / Previous Week – 3 / Trend – up 4

COWETA COUNTY MONTH-BY MONTH

The 2023 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
January 2023 … 484 cases (15.6 per day), 3 deaths, 54 hospitalizations
February 2023 … 360 cases (12.9 per day), 3 deaths, 37 hospitalizations
March 2023 … 139 cases (4.5 per day), 0 deaths, 20 hospitalizations
April 2023 … 22 cases (4.4 per day), 0 deaths, 6 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
Jan. 12-18 … 103 cases (14.7 per day), 0 deaths, 15 hospitalized
Jan. 19-25 … 78 cases (11.1 per day), 2 deaths, 7 hospitalized
Jan. 26-Feb. 1 … 84 cases (12.0 per day), 1 death, 10 hospitalized
Feb. 2-8 … 113 cases (16.1 per day), 1 death, 16 hospitalized
Feb. 9-15 … 93 cases (13.3 per day), 0 deaths, 9 hospitalized
Feb. 16-22 … 68 cases (9.7 per day), 1 death, 9 hospitalized
Feb. 23-March 1 … 47 cases (6.7 per day), 0 deaths, 3 hospitalized
March 2-8 … 35 cases (5.0 per day), 0 deaths, 9 hospitalized
March 9-15 … 33 cases (4.7 per day), 0 deaths, 3 hospitalized
March 16-22 … 26 cases (3.7 per day), 0 deaths, 4 hospitalized
March 23-29 … 35 cases (5.0 per day), 0 deaths, 3 hospitalized
March 30-April 5 … 30 cases (4.3 per day), 0 deaths, 7 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).

GEORGIA

Georgia had declines in two of the four major COVID-19 categories for the week of March 30-April 5, 2023.

New cases and hospitalizations were the two categories Georgia experienced decreases in numbers.

The state confirmed 1,527 cases for an average of 218.1 per day last week, dropping by 430 cases from the previous week. Also, Georgia posted 183 hospitalizations, down 30 from a week earlier.

Deaths rose by 17 over the past week with a total of 46. ICU Admits remained unchanged with 26, the same as a week ago.

The overall positive test rate in Georgia this week is 12.4 percent, with the two-week infection rate rising slightly to 6.3 percent (6.1 percent last week).

Overall, Georgia has confirmed cumulative totals of 2,356,655 cases, 35,264 deaths, 139,469 hospitalizations and 17,798 ICU admits through April 5 from when the pandemic began in March 2020.

GEORGIA BY THE NUMBERS LAST WEEK – March 30-April 5, 2023

Total Number of New Cases : 1,527 (average 218.1 per day) /  Previous Week – 1,957 /  Trend – down 430
Total Number of Deaths: 46 / Previous Week – 29 / Trend – up 17
Total Number of Hospitalizations: 183 / Previous Week – 213 / Trend – down 30
Total Number of ICU Admits: 26 / Previous Week – 26 / Trend – no change