Tracking SWGA coronavirus cases

By WALB News Team | March 18, 2020 at 9:50 AM EDT - Updated October 5 at 12:14 PM

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Positive coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases have been reported in a number of Southwest Georgia counties, as of noon on Tuesday.

Dougherty County, an early COVID-19 hotspot:

Dougherty County was declared an early hotspot for the coronavirus.

Currently, there are 3,170 confirmed cases in Dougherty County.

On the latest update from the Georgia Department of Public Health, they have reported 188 COVID-19 deaths in Dougherty County.

Top Five Counties In The WALB Viewing Area With The Most COVID-19 Cases

County	Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
Lowndes	3,927
Dougherty	3,170
Coffee	2,096
Colquitt	1,915
Tift	1,823

Below is a list of counties that have confirmed positive COVID-19 cases and how many are in each county:

Atkinson County: 448
Baker County: 84
Ben Hill County: 807
Berrien County: 461
Brooks County: 526
Calhoun County: 250
Clay County: 121
Clinch County: 390
Coffee County: 2,096
Colquitt County: 1,915
Cook County: 555
Crisp County: 585
Decatur County: 1,206
Dooly County: 346
Early County: 513
Echols County: 242
Grady County: 807
Irwin County: 323
Lanier County: 297
Lee County: 710
Lowndes County: 3,987
Miller County: 278
Mitchell County: 824
Quitman County: 34
Randolph County: 331
Seminole County: 373
Stewart County: 523
Sumter County: 941
Terrell County: 331
Thomas County: 1,510
Tift County: 1,823
Turner County: 317
Webster County: 43
Wilcox County: 249
Worth County: 547

Deaths reported:

The first coronavirus-related deaths in Southwest Georgia were reported on March 18. Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital officials said two patients being treated at the hospital died because of COVID-19.

Below are the number of COVID-19 deaths confirmed by the Georgia Department of Public Health:

Atkinson County: 3
Baker County: 4
Ben Hill County: 26
Berrien County: 12
Brooks County: 26
Calhoun County: 9
Clay County: 3
Clinch County: 9
Coffee County: 52
Colquitt County: 35
Cook County: 14
Crisp County: 18
Decatur County: 29
Dooly County: 14
Early County: 33
Echols County: 2
Grady County: 23
Irwin County: 5
Lanier County: 6
Lee County: 26
Lowndes County: 84
Miller County: 1
Mitchell County: 45
Quitman County: 1
Randolph County: 29
Seminole County: 9
Stewart County: 15
Sumter County: 63
Terrell County: 32
Thomas County: 66
Tift County: 57
Turner County: 24
Webster County: 2
Wilcox County: 23
Worth County: 30

Health officials said positive coronavirus cases are counted by the patient’s county of residence.

The Georgia Department of Public Health said a confirmed case is someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

The Georgia Department of Public Health updates the number of confirmed cases every day. This is a running list and if there are more coronavirus cases reported in Southwest Georgia, we will update this list.