Weekly Report: Cases, deaths and hospitalizations remain low in Coweta County
From Staff Reports
THE SKINNY – Coweta County had its COVID-19 related numbers decline or basically remain the same in the past week.
Below is the weekly summary of COVID-19 data thru Wednesday, September 28 from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
COWETA COUNTY
Coweta County had decreases in two of three major COVID-19 related categories in the past reporting week of Sept. 22-28.
Coweta did confirm an increase in new COVID-19 cases. The county had 72 new cases this past week, up just 3 from the previous week’s 69 cases. That’s the first time since April that Coweta had back-to-back weeks of below 100 new COVID cases.
In addition, Coweta had decreases in deaths with 0 (down 1) and hospitalizations with 6 (down 8). It’s the fewest number of hospitalizations since 5 during the week of August 7-13, 2021.
This month, Coweta has registered 455 cases (16.3 per day) with 4 deaths and 60 hospitalizations. The cases and hospitalizations are the lowest totals in a month for the county since April 2022.
Per the Georgia Department of Public Health, 190,143 Coweta residents have had vaccines applied thru Sept. 28 with 880 last week. The Coweta vaccination rate remains unchanged from a week ago – 56 percent with one dose (Georgia is at 66 percent, up 1 percent), 51 percent fully vaccinated (Georgia is at 58 percent), 45 percent have been fully vaccinated and had a booster shot (Georgia 44 percent), and 23 percent have had an additional dose (Georgia 25 percent).
The overall positive test rate in Coweta was 14.0 percent on Sept. 28, with the two-week infection rate dropping to 11.0 percent (the lowest two-week rate since May 18). Last week, those test rates were at 14.0 and 11.7 respectively.
Coweta has confirmed cumulative totals of 25,788 cases, 445 deaths (with an additional 66 probable deaths) and 1,921 hospitalizations thru Sept. 28 from when the pandemic began some 31-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 experienced declines in four of five major COVID-19 categories for the week of Sept. 22-28.
Georgia confirmed 3,708 cases for an average of 529.7 per day last week – falling by 1,389 cases from the previous week of Sept. 15-21.
Other totals that dropped last week included 88 deaths (down 40), 38 ICU admits (down 5) and the number of COVID patients hospitalized was 717 (down 45). The COVID patients were only 4.4 percent of all people hospitalized in Georgia and is the lowest number since mid-June.
One category that did increase was hospitalizations. Georgia confirmed 549 COVID-related hospitalizations last week which was up 50 from the previous 7-day period.
The overall positive test rate in Georgia is 12.7 percent on Sept. 28, with the two-week infection rate falling from 9.4 percent last week to 7.2 now.
Overall, Georgia has confirmed cumulative totals of 2,237,892 cases, 33,439 deaths, 126,623 hospitalizations and 16,915 ICU admits thru Sept. 28 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 … 455 cases (16.3 per day), 4 deaths, 60 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
July 7-13 … 327 cases (46.7 per day), 1 death, 23 hospitalized
July 14-20 … 334 cases (47.7 per day), 1 death, 25 hospitalized
July 21-27 … 361 cases (51.5 per day), 0 deaths, 40 hospitalized
July 28-Aug. 3 … 320 cases (45.7 per day), 0 deaths, 34 hospitalized
Aug. 4-10 … 285 cases (40.7 per day), 2 deaths, 39 hospitalized
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
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 August 24 to September 28 is listed below from the Georgia Department of Public Health:
DAY, DATE … Confirmed Cases (Change), Deaths (Change), Hospitalized (Change)
Wednesday, Aug. 24 … 25,093 cases (+130), 441 deaths (0), 1,836 hospitalizations (+17^^)
Thursday, Aug. 25 … 25,115 cases (+22), 441 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Aug. 26 … 25,130 cases (+15), 441 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Aug. 27 … 25,232 cases (+102), 441 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Aug. 28 … 25,244 cases (+12), 441 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Aug. 29 … 25,252 cases (+8), 441 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Aug. 30 … 25,323 cases (+71), 441 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Aug. 31 … 25,333 cases (+10), 441 deaths (0), 1,861 hospitalizations (+25^^)
Thursday, Sept. 1 … 25,379 cases (+46), 441 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Sept. 2 … 25,419 cases (+40), 441 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Sept. 3 … 25,431 cases (+12), 441 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Sept. 4 … 25,441 cases (+10), 441 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Sept. 5 … 25,445 cases (+4), 441 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Sept. 6 … 25,447 cases (+2), 441 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Sept. 7 … 25,536 cases (+89), 442 deaths (+1), 1,885 hospitalizations (+24^^)
Thursday, Sept. 8 … 25,557 cases (+21), 443 deaths (+1), not available
Friday, Sept. 9 … 25,570 cases (+13), 443 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Sept. 10 … 25,586 cases (+16), 443 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Sept. 11 … 25,598 cases (+12), 443 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Sept. 12 … 25,605 cases (+7), 443 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Sept. 13 … 25,612 cases (+7), 443 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Sept. 14 … 25,647 cases (+35), 444 deaths (+1), 1,901 hospitalizations (+16^^)
Thursday, Sept. 15 … 25,469 cases (+2), 445 deaths (+1), not available
Friday, Sept. 16 … 25,650 cases (+1), 445 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Sept. 17 … 25,652 cases (+2), 445 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Sept. 18 … 25,656 cases (+4), 445 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Sept. 19 … 25,661 cases (+5), 445 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Sept. 20 … 25,705 cases (+44), 445 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Sept. 21 … 25,716 cases (+11), 445 deaths (0), 1,915 hospitalizations (+14^^)
Thursday, Sept. 22 … 25,730 cases (+14), 445 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Sept. 23 … 25,738 cases (+8), 445 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Sept. 24 … 25,747 cases (+9), 445 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Sept. 25 … 25,755 cases (+8), 445 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Sept. 26 … 25,765 cases (+10), 445 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Sept. 27 … 25,771 cases (+6), 445 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Sept. 28 … 25,788 cases (+17), 445 deaths (0), 1,921 hospitalizations (+6^^)
^^ 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.
