Report: October numbers near lowest since pandemic began
From Staff Reports
THE SKINNY – Coweta County experienced some of its lowest monthly COVID-19 totals in October since the pandemic began 32 months ago.
Below is the weekly summary of COVID-19 data thru Wednesday, November 2 from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
COWETA COUNTY
Coweta County finished the month of October with 198 new COVID-19 cases (6.4 per day), 2 deaths and 34 hospitalizations. It was the lowest number of cases in a month since 107 in March 2022 and ranked as the fifth-fewest monthly cases since the pandemic started in March 2020. The number of deaths tied for the monthly low with 2 in June 2022 and March, April in 2020. And the 34 hospitalizations were the fewest since 10 in July 2021.
Last week (Oct. 27-Nov. 2), Coweta confirmed 62 new COVID-19 cases for an average of 8.8 per day. This was an increase of 30 cases from the previous week with a single daily high of 21 on Friday, Oct. 28. Coweta also had 1 death (up 1) and 8 hospitalizations (down 4).
Per the Georgia Department of Public Health, 195,565 vaccines have been applied to Coweta residents thru Nov. 2 with 1,026 last week. That’s the fourth consecutive week Coweta has been over 1,000 new vaccinations applied. The Coweta and Georgia vaccination rates follow – 56 percent with one dose (Georgia is at 66 percent), 51 percent fully vaccinated (Georgia is at 58 percent), 46 percent have been fully vaccinated and had a booster shot (Georgia 45 percent), and 23 percent have had an additional dose (Georgia 26 percent).
The overall positive test rate in Coweta was 13.8 percent on Nov. 2, with the two-week infection rate increasing to 6.3 percent (the first increase since early August). Last week, those test rates were at 13.8 and 5.4 respectively.
Coweta has confirmed cumulative totals of 26,017 cases, 447 deaths (with an additional 67 probable deaths) and 1,957 hospitalizations thru Nov. 2 from when the pandemic began some 32-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
Statewide, Georgia saw increases in all five major COVID-19 categories for the week of Oct. 27-Nov. 2.
Georgia confirmed 3,030 cases for an average of 432.8 per day last week – rising by 643 cases from the previous week of Oct. 20-26. The state had seen a decrease in 10 of the past 12 weeks.
Other totals that increased last week included 62 deaths (up 1), 476 hospitalizations (up 91) and 35 ICU admits (up 5).
The number of COVID patients hospitalized also rose by 20. The Nov. 2 total was listed at 574 or 3.5 percent of all people hospitalized in Georgia. That figure had fallen for 10 consecutive weeks but has increased the past two.
The overall positive test rate in Georgia this week is 12.6 percent, with the two-week infection rate falling from 5.1 percent last week to 5.0 now.
Overall, Georgia has confirmed cumulative totals of 2,252,117 cases, 33,802 deaths, 128,742 hospitalizations and 17,087 ICU admits thru Nov. 2 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 … 11 cases (5.5 per day), 0 deaths, 0 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
Aug. 11-17 … 265 cases (37.9 per day), 1 death, 25 hospitalized
Aug. 18-24 … 320 cases (45.7 per day), 2 deaths, 17 hospitalized
Aug. 25-31 … 240 cases (34.2 per day), 0 deaths, 25 hospitalized
Sept. 1-7 … 203 cases (29.0 per day), 1 death, 24 hospitalized
Sept. 8-14 … 111 cases (15.8 per day), 2 deaths, 16 hospitalized
Sept. 15-21 … 69 cases (9.8 per day), 1 death, 14 hospitalized
Sept. 22-28 … 72 cases (10.3 per day), 0 deaths, 6 hospitalized
Sept. 29-Oct. 5 … 55 cases (7.8 per day), 1 death, 7 hospitalized
Oct. 6-12 … 29 cases (4.1 per day), 0 deaths, 4 hospitalized
Oct. 13-19 … 51 cases (7.3 per day), 0 deaths, 5 hospitalized
Oct. 20-26 … 32 cases (4.6 per day), 0 deaths, 12 hospitalized
Oct. 27-Nov. 2 … 62 cases (8.8 per day), 1 death, 8 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 October 5 to November 2 is listed below from the Georgia Department of Public Health:
DAY, DATE … Confirmed Cases (Change), Deaths (Change), Hospitalized (Change)
Wednesday, Oct. 5 … 25,843 cases (+6), 446 deaths (0), 1,928 hospitalizations (+7^^)
Thursday, Oct. 6 … 25,853 cases (+10), 446 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Oct. 7 … 25,856 cases (+3), 446 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Oct. 8 … 25,858 cases (+2), 446 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Oct. 9 … 25,864 cases (+6), 446 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Oct. 10 … 25,866 cases (+2), 446 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Oct. 11 … 25,872 cases (+6), 446 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Oct. 12 … 25,872 cases (0), 446 deaths (0), 1,932 hospitalizations (+4^^)
Thursday, Oct. 13 … 25,889 cases (+17), 446 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Oct. 14 … 25,894 cases (+5), 446 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Oct. 15 … 25,901 cases (+7), 446 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Oct. 16 … 25,908 cases (+7), 446 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Oct. 17 … 25,914 cases (+6), 446 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Oct. 18 … 25,919 cases (+5), 446 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Oct. 19 … 25,923 cases (+4), 446 deaths (0), 1,937 hospitalizations (+5^^)
Thursday, Oct. 20 … 25,927 cases (+4), 446 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Oct. 21 … 25,929 cases (+2), 446 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Oct. 22 …25,935 cases (+6), 446 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Oct. 23 … 25,942 cases (+7), 446 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Oct. 24 … 25,944 cases (+2), 446 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Oct. 25 … 25,948 cases (+4), 446 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Oct. 26 … 25,955 cases (+7), 446 deaths (0), 1,949 hospitalizations (+12^)
Thursday, Oct. 27 … 25,963 cases (+8), 447 deaths (+1), not available
Friday, Oct. 28 … 25,984 cases (+21), 447 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Oct. 29 … 25,991 cases (+7), 447 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Oct. 30 … 26,001 cases (+10), 447 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Oct. 31 … 26,006 cases (+5), 447 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Nov. 1 … 26,013 cases (+7), 447 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Nov. 2 … 26,017 cases (+4), 447 deaths (0), 1,957 hospitalizations (+8^^)
^^ 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.
