While the case and hospitalization rates for COVID-19 in Cobb County continue to drop, the number of deaths attributed to the virus continues to lag behind those metrics.
The death toll in Cobb County as of Saturday afternoon was 814, the third-highest in Georgia behind Fulton County, which has 1,022 deaths, and Gwinnett, with 864.
Since the middle of January, there have been six separate days in which double-digit death totals were reported in Cobb County, according to the “date of report” category.
Those include Wednesday and Friday, when 12 new deaths were confirmed each day.
According to the “date of death” category, those figures also have been higher in recent weeks—including 10 deaths on Jan. 26, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health—are starting to come down.
That category is subject to a 14-day window in which statistics are likely to be updated.
Thus far in February, there have been 52 deaths in Cobb County. In January, there were 154 deaths, the most for any month since COVID-19 data began to be compiled in March 2020.
The newest figures come as state of Georgia COVID figures have reached milestones. As of Saturday there have been 803,349 cases and 14,629 deaths.
Cobb’s case total stands at 54,441. But those case rates have been coming down substantially in February, according to Dr. Janet Memark, director of Cobb and Douglas Public Health.
Community spread figures that shot up to a 14-day average of more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 people also have fallen rapidly in Cobb, to October levels when the Cobb County School District resumed in-person classes.
The spread figure now is at 282 cases per 100,000. A “high” figure is 100 per 100,000.
In East Cobb, there have been 14,046 COVID-19 cases since last March, and 187 deaths, according to data compiled by Cobb and Douglas Public Health.
Those figures break down as follows via ZIP Codes:
- 30062: 4,070 cases, 46 deaths;
- 30066: 3,874 cases, 51 deaths;
- 30067: 3,334 cases, 32 deaths;
- 30068: 2,223 cases, 55 deaths;
- 30075: 536 cases, 3 deaths.
Among the deaths in East Cobb are 31 residents of long-term care facilities, according to Georgia Department of Community Health figures.
While the countywide case and death figures are broken down by age, sex and race, the ZIP Code figures are not.
In Cobb, more than 87 percent of the fatalities are people ages 60 and older. Only 45 are ages 49 and under.
Those ratios have been fairly consistent over the last 11 months.
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“In Cobb, more than 87 percent of the fatalities are people ages 70 and older.”
These words don’t match the pi chart.
Appears that 70 –> 60 in that statement, so
“In Cobb, more than 87 percent of the fatalities are people ages 60 and older.”
That’s been corrected. Thank you!
Looks like 30075 is doing great, but that doesn’t mean anything. Most of the code is in Fulton, so this isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison. Per capita would be a better analysis.