As of yesterday afternoon the 7-day rolling average of new cases was 840. That's the lowest 7-day average since June 14, 2020.
Covid-related deaths have also (thankfully) fallen off a cliff. Date of Death is a more accurate statistic than Date of Report, though it does have some lag time (2 week lag on the Georgia Covid Dashboard site). With that in mind, even if we go back a full month to April 6, we were then at a rolling 7-day average of 14.9 deaths per day. We haven't seen that low of a number since March 28, 2020. For the record, our peak was on Jan. 17 at a 7-day average of 125 Covid-related deaths per day.
Our 7-day average positive rate for PCR tests is at 4.7%. That's the lowest percent positive since the pandemic "officially started" (i.e. when schools & businesses were closed in mid-March 2020).
The number of patients hospitalized with or because of Covid is the lowest it has been since the end of June 2020. Covid patients only make up 6.7% of hospitalized patients in the state, with another 2.2% "under investigation". And again, at least some (unclear how many?) of those patients aren't necessarily hospitalized because of Covid, they just have Covid & happen to be hospitalized for something else.
On a side note, with flu "season" now officially over in Georgia, it's great to report that there really wasn't even a flu season at all in Georgia this year. Zero flu "outbreaks" as they are defined. Only 36 flu-related hospitalizations (only 1 under age 18) and 2 flu-related deaths (both over age 50) across the entire state. You can argue how effective the varying Covid mitigation strategies & policies were in preventing the spread of Covid, but there is do doubt they are incredibly effective in preventing the spread of the seasonal flu.
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Covid-related deaths have also (thankfully) fallen off a cliff. Date of Death is a more accurate statistic than Date of Report, though it does have some lag time (2 week lag on the Georgia Covid Dashboard site). With that in mind, even if we go back a full month to April 6, we were then at a rolling 7-day average of 14.9 deaths per day. We haven't seen that low of a number since March 28, 2020. For the record, our peak was on Jan. 17 at a 7-day average of 125 Covid-related deaths per day.
Our 7-day average positive rate for PCR tests is at 4.7%. That's the lowest percent positive since the pandemic "officially started" (i.e. when schools & businesses were closed in mid-March 2020).
The number of patients hospitalized with or because of Covid is the lowest it has been since the end of June 2020. Covid patients only make up 6.7% of hospitalized patients in the state, with another 2.2% "under investigation". And again, at least some (unclear how many?) of those patients aren't necessarily hospitalized because of Covid, they just have Covid & happen to be hospitalized for something else.
On a side note, with flu "season" now officially over in Georgia, it's great to report that there really wasn't even a flu season at all in Georgia this year. Zero flu "outbreaks" as they are defined. Only 36 flu-related hospitalizations (only 1 under age 18) and 2 flu-related deaths (both over age 50) across the entire state. You can argue how effective the varying Covid mitigation strategies & policies were in preventing the spread of Covid, but there is do doubt they are incredibly effective in preventing the spread of the seasonal flu.
COVID-19 Status Report
These data represent confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
