Confirmed cases in Fayette now at 62, with 4 fatalities; statewide hospitalizations increase to 1,239 total beds occupied —
Here’s the Covid-19 pandemic report from the Georgia Department of Public Health for midday, April 4:
Total test-confirmed cases statewide: 6,160, which is 329 more than the previous day’s number of 5,831, an increase of 5.6%.
Statewide deaths: 201, an increase of 17 fatalities over the previous day’s 184, which is 9.2% higher than the April 3 report
State Covid-19 death rate: 3.26% of all confirmed cases reported
Fayette County: Confirmed infections — 62 with 4 deaths (No breakout of how many in hospital)
Coweta County: Confirmed infections — 58 with 2 deaths (No breakout of how many in hospital)
Hospitalized: 1,239, which is 20.11% of the total confirmed cases, compared to 1,158 in hospitals on April 3, an increase of 81 newly hospitalized patients (6.9% increase over the previous day) across the state of Georgia.
Total coronavirus tests: 26,294 by private and state labs, which represents 1,069 (4%) more tests than the 25,265 tests one day earlier.
Total positive tests: 6,160 so far with all testing, a positive confirmation rate of 23.4% of the total tests administered. Roughly 1 out of every 4 tests administered comes back with a positive reading on coronavirus present.
Covid-19 in neighboring counties
Fulton — 941 cases, 26 deaths; Clayton — 224 cases, 9 deaths; Henry — 150 cases, 3 deaths; Fayette — 62 cases, 4 deaths; Coweta — 58 cases, 2 deaths; Spalding — 24 cases, 1 death.
Here’s what the raw numbers of new hospital patients across the state of Georgia and the corresponding rates of hospitalization increase day over day looks like:
• March 26 — 79 new patients, 20% increase across the state;
• March 27 — 93 new patients, 19.9% increase across the state;
• March 28 — 51 new patients, 9% state increase;
• March 29 — 49 new patients, 7.9% state increase;
• March 30 — 41 new patients, 6.1% state increase.
• March 31 — 111 new patients, 15.7% state increase
• April 1 — 134 new patients, 16.3% state increase
• April 2 — 104 new patients, 10.9% state increase
• April 3 — 102 new patients, 9.6% increase over previous day
• April 4 — 81 new patients, 6.9% increase over previous day
Confirmed cases by age group:
Age 0-17 — 1%
Age 18-59 — 59%
Age 60+ — 36%
Age unknown — 4%
Confirmed cases by sex:
Female — 52%
Male — 46%
Unknown — 2%
Below is the daily progression of reported Covid-19 cases and fatalities in Fayette County:
March 9 — 1 case, no deaths
March 13 — 5 cases, no deaths
March 17 — 5 cases, no deaths
March 19 — 9 cases, no deaths
March 20 — 9 cases, 1 death (male, 83, other medical conditions)
March 22 — 9 cases, 1 death
March 23 — 10 cases, 1 death
March 24 — 12 cases, 1 death.
March 25 — 12 cases, 1 death
March 26 — 14 cases, 2 deaths (no new details provided)
March 27 — 19 cases, 2 deaths
March 28 — 25 cases, 2 deaths
March 29 — 26 cases, 3 deaths (male, 83; male, 79; female, 77; all with underlying medical conditions)
March 30 — 32 cases, 3 deaths
March 31 — 44 cases, 4 deaths (female, 51, NO underlying medical condition)
April 1 — 48 cases, 4 deaths
April 2 — 52 cases, 4 deaths
April 3 — 58 cases, 4 deaths
April 4 — 62 cases, 4 deaths
In case anyone is wondering “why us?” … I briefly left the house yesterday to purchase essential grocery staples at the Griffin Kroger (the closest store to my home). While I was driving away with my purchases, I noticed a traffic jam entering & leaving the Lowe’s overflowing parking lot next door. With my windows safely rolled-up, I negotiated the mayhem to better determine who all was defying the state-wide “shelter in place” order by stopping for NON-ESSENTIAL items at a DIY store. To my surprise & chagrin, the majority of the car tags had “Fayette” at the bottom. I also noticed the longest line was for mulch & pine stray … and only about 10% of the careless idiots were wearing protective gloves & masks. Shame on you, my friends & neighbors!