Weekly Report: Cases rise again in Coweta County
From Staff Reports
THE SKINNY – Coweta County saw an increase in new COVID-19 cases this past week, the first time in four weeks those numbers surged.
Below is the weekly summary of COVID-19 data thru Wednesday, August 24 from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
COWETA COUNTY
Coweta County confirmed 320 new COVID-19 cases in the past reporting week (Aug. 18-24), which was 55 more cases than the previous seven-day period. It was the first time in four weeks the new case totals rose and was the most cases in a week since July 28-Aug. 3.
Coweta averaged 45.7 new cases per day with a single-day high of 130 recorded on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The county posted double-figure cases in six of the seven days during the past week – 18 (Aug. 18), 90 (Aug. 19), 52 (Aug. 20), 8 (Aug. 21), 10 (Aug. 22), 12 (Aug. 23) and 130 on Aug. 24. The large number of cases in a day on Aug. 19 and Aug. 24 were likely from backlogs of test results.
Coweta also saw a slight increase in deaths and a decline in hospitalizations in the past week. Coweta confirmed 2 COVID-related deaths (up 1 from the previous week) and 17 hospitalizations (down 8).
To date in August, Coweta has recorded 991 new COVID-19 cases (41.3 per day), with 5 deaths and 99 hospitalizations. It’s the 9th-highest monthly total for cases since the pandemic began.
Per the Georgia Department of Public Health, 187,230 Coweta residents have had vaccines applied thru Aug. 24 with 284 last week. The Coweta vaccination rate is remains unchanged from a week ago – 56 percent with one dose (Georgia is at 65 percent), 51 percent fully vaccinated (Georgia is at 57 percent) and 44 percent have been fully vaccinated and had a booster shot (Georgia 44 percent).
The overall positive test rate in Coweta was 13.9 percent on Aug. 24, with the two-week infection rate slightly dropping to 26.9 percent. Last week, those test rates were at 13.8 and 27.9 respectively.
Coweta has confirmed cumulative totals of 25,093 cases, 441 deaths (with an additional 65 probable deaths) and 1,836 hospitalizations thru Aug. 24 from when the pandemic began. Coweta ranks 20th 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 both small increases and decreases in five respective COVID-19 categories for the week of Aug. 18-24.
Georgia confirmed 17,286 cases for an average of 2,469.4 per day last week – falling by 808 cases from the previous week of Aug. 11-17.
Other totals last week included 136 deaths (up 12), 911 hospitalizations (down 6) and 49 ICU admits (up 1).
The number of COVID patients hospitalized on Aug. 24 was 1,284 or 8.1 percent of all people hospitalized in Georgia. It was a decrease of 65 patients from a week earlier.
The overall positive test rate in Georgia is 12.7 percent on Aug. 24, with the two-week infection rate standing at 21.1 percent.
Overall, Georgia has confirmed cumulative totals of 2,199,929 cases, 32,868 deaths, 123,446 hospitalizations and 16,698 ICU admits thru Aug. 24 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 … 991 cases (41.3 per day), 5 deaths, 99 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 2-8 … 200 cases (28.5 per day), 0 deaths, 15 hospitalized
June 9-15 … 221 cases (31.6 per day), 1 death, 17 hospitalized
June 16-22 … 264 cases (37.7 per day), 0 deaths, 24 hospitalized
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
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 July 24 to August 24 is listed below from the Georgia Department of Public Health:
DAY, DATE … Confirmed Cases (Change), Deaths (Change), Hospitalized (Change)
Sunday, July 24 … 23,715 cases (+6), 436 deaths (0), not available
Monday, July 25 … 23,805 cases (+90), 436 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, July 26 … 23,843 cases (+38), 436 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, July 27 … 23,903 cases (+60), 436 deaths (0), 1,721 hospitalizations (+40^^)
Thursday, July 28 … 23,965 cases (+62), 436 deaths (0), not available
Friday, July 29 … 24,014 cases (+49), 436 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, July 30 … 24,058 cases (+44), 436 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, July 31 … 24,102 cases (+44), 436 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Aug. 1 … 24,142 cases (+40), 436 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Aug. 2 … 24,168 cases (+26), 436 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Aug. 3 … 24,223 cases (+55), 436 deaths (0), 1,755 hospitalizations (+34^^)
Thursday, Aug. 4 … 24,277 cases (+54), 436 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Aug. 5 … 24,316 cases (+39), 436 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Aug. 6 … 24,325 cases (+9), 436 deaths (0), not available
Sunday, Aug. 7 … 24,331 cases (+6), 436 deaths (0), not available
Monday, Aug. 8 … 24,334 cases (+3), 436 deaths (0), not available
Tuesday, Aug. 9 … 24,465 cases (+131), 436 deaths (0), not available
Wednesday, Aug. 10 … 24,508 cases (+43), 438 deaths (+2), 1,794 hospitalizations (+39^^)
Thursday, Aug. 11 … 24,526 cases (+18), 438 deaths (0), not available
Friday, Aug. 12 … 24,544 cases (+18), 438 deaths (0), not available
Saturday, Aug. 13 … 24,631 cases (+87), 438 deaths (0), not available
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^^)
^^ 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.
