Weekly Report: Cases, hospitalizations continue to fall in Coweta County

From Staff Reports

THE SKINNY – Coweta County posted only 111 new COVID-19 cases last week, the fewest since early May.

Below is the weekly summary of COVID-19 data thru Wednesday, September 14 from the Georgia Department of Public Health.

COWETA COUNTY

Coweta County saw decreases in two of three COVID-19 related categories in the past reporting week of Sept. 8-14. 

Coweta confirmed 111 new COVID-19 cases last week, the fewest since recording 94 the week of May 5-11, 2022. It was a drop of 92 cases from the previous week (Sept. 1-7). The county averaged 15.8 cases per day with a high of 35 on Wednesday, Sept. 14.

The daily cases totals from last week included:
21 – Thursday, Sept. 8
13 – Friday, Sept. 9
16 – Saturday, Sept. 10
12 – Sunday, Sept. 11
7 – Monday, Sept. 12
7 – Tuesday, Sept. 13
35 – Wednesday, Sept. 14

In addition, Coweta recorded 2 deaths (up 1) and had 16 hospitalizations (down 8). The 16 hospitalizations were the fewest in a week since 15 from June 2-8, 2022.

This month, Coweta has registered 314 cases (22.4 per day) with 3 deaths and 40 hospitalizations.

Per the Georgia Department of Public Health, 188,361 Coweta residents have had vaccines applied thru Sept. 14 with 775 last week.  The Coweta vaccination rate is now – 56 percent with one dose (Georgia is at 65 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. 14, with the two-week infection rate dropping to 16.2 percent (the lowest two-week rate since June 1). Last week, those test rates were at 14.0 and 21.5 respectively.

Coweta has confirmed cumulative totals of 25,647 cases, 444 deaths (with an additional 66 probable deaths) and 1,901 hospitalizations thru Sept. 14 from when the pandemic began some 30-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 again saw declines in four of five major COVID-19 categories for the week of Sept. 8-14.

Georgia confirmed 6,597 cases for an average of 942.4 per day last week – falling by 2,370 cases from the previous week of Sept. 1-7.

Other totals last week included 602 hospitalizations (down 99) and 44 ICU admits (down 9). The only COVID-19 category that saw an increase was deaths. Georgia confirmed 135 COVID-related deaths last week, up 45 from a week earlier.

The number of COVID patients hospitalized on Sept. 14 was 941 or 5.7 percent of all people hospitalized in Georgia. It was a decrease of 177 patients from a week earlier and the lowest number of COVID patients hospitalized since 849 on June 22, 2022.

The overall positive test rate in Georgia is 12.7 percent on Sept. 14, with the two-week infection rate falling to 11.8 percent from 15.3 last week.

Overall, Georgia has confirmed cumulative totals of 2,229,087 cases, 33,223 deaths, 125,575 hospitalizations and 16,834 ICU admits thru Sept. 14 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 … 314 cases (22.4 per day), 3 deaths, 40 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
June 23-29 … 250 cases (36.3 per day), 1 death, 22 hospitalized
June 30-July 6 … 276 cases (39.4 per day), 3 deaths, 32 hospitalized
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

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 14 to September 14 is listed below from the Georgia Department of Public Health:

DAY, DATE … Confirmed Cases (Change), Deaths (Change), Hospitalized (Change)
Sunday, Aug. 14 … 24,643 cases (+12), 439 deaths (+1), not available
Monday, Aug. 15 … 24,653 cases (+10), 439 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Aug. 16 … 24,663 cases (+10), 439 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Aug. 17 … 24,773 cases (+110), 439 deaths (0), 1,819 hospitalizations (+25^^)
Thursday, Aug. 18 … 24,791 cases (+18), 440 deaths (+1), not available
Friday, Aug. 19 … 24,881 cases (+90), 440 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Aug. 20 … 24,933 cases (+52), 441 deaths (+1), not available
Sunday, Aug. 21 … 24,941 cases (+8), 441 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Aug. 22 … 24,951 cases (+10), 441 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Aug. 23 … 24,963 cases (+12), 441 deaths (0), not available
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^^)

^^ 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.