LATEST COVID-19 NUMBERS FOR THE 8-COUNTY AREA

From the Georgia Department of Public Health (https://dph.georgia.gov)

New cases reported in October for Upson County and for the 8-County Area were significantly less than they were for September. Upson County only reported 45 new cases for October, the lowest number of monthly cases since March; however, new hospitalizations for Upson County have been steadily rising, from 9 in July, to 14 in August, 14 in September, and now 17 in October.

New deaths reported in October for the 8-County Area were less than they had been for the past 2 months, at only 22 compared to 33 in September and 53 in August. Upson County’s new deaths, however, increased from 7 in September to 9 in October. Upson County’s death rate per population remains high and ranks at #9 among Georgia’s 159 counties. 

In the 8-County Area, Monroe reported the highest number of new cases at 72, followed by Pike at 62 and Lamar at 58. Talbot County reported the lowest cases at only 10. Upson County reported the highest number of deaths at 9, with all of the 7 surrounding counties reporting 3 or fewer.
 

Upson County	New Cases	New Deaths	New Hosp.
March 2020	5	0	Not Available
April 2020	211	18	Not Available
May 2020	65	16	Not Available
June 2020	74	9	1
July 2020	116	2	9
Aug 2020	190	10	14
Sept 2020	138	7	14
Oct 2020	45	9	17
Source: Daily Reports from GA Dept of Public Health

 

8-County Area	New Cases	New Deaths
March 2020	24	0
April 2020	405	28
May 2020	266	26
June 2020	351	21
July 2020	864	14
Aug 2020	891	53
Sept 2020	494	33
Oct 2020	353	22
8-County Area = Upson, Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot, and Meriwether
Source: Daily Reports from GA Dept of Public Health

 

County	New Cases	New Deaths
Upson	45	9
Pike	62	1
Lamar	58	2
Monroe	72	3
Crawford	29	1
Taylor	24	1
Talbot	10	2
Meriwether	53	3
Totals	353	22
Source: Daily Reports from GA Dept of Public Health