The number of positive Coronavirus cases in Georgia took a big jump again on Saturday, to 550 as of 7 p.m., an increase of 70 over the previous 24 hours.
The number of deaths also surged, from 14 on Friday to 20 on Saturday.
Cobb’s case number is up to 50, up from 48 on Friday and among those testing positive is State Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick of East Cobb.
(View the Georgia DPH daily status report; it;s updated at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m.)
The report doesn’t indicate where the new deaths occurred; positive tests for Coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Georgia have been recorded in more than 50 counties.
Fulton County has the most cases, with 99, followed by Bartow with 56 and Cobb. Dougherty County has 47 confirmed cases and six deaths as of Friday.
The first of Georgia’s Coronavirus deaths occurred in Cobb; he was a 67-year-old man treated at Kennestone Hospital who had other medical issues.
No other deaths in Cobb have been confirmed.
A total of 3,818 people been tested in Georgia thus far.
National and state-by-state details can be found at The COVID Tracking Project.
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