UPSON'S COVID 19 UPDATE

 Mid-Month COVID-19 Update

October 15, 2020

 

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

 

For Upson County, the reported cases for the first half of October declined compared to the last half of September, dropping from 73 down to 29. Upson’s deaths, however, doubled from 3 to 6. Upson continues to have a high death rate per population, ranking Number 8 out of the 159 counties in the State.

 

For the 8-County Area, including Upson, Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot and Meriwether Counties, the cases and deaths for the first half of October were both less than they were for the last half of September. Pike and Monroe Counties had the highest number of cases at 37 each, and Talbot County had the lowest at only 1 case. Upson County had the highest number of deaths at 6 with Monroe second at 2, and all the other counties with 1 death each.

 

The full report, with all of the bi-monthly case numbers and death numbers, can be found on our website, fun101fm.com.

 

 

 

Upson County	New Cases	New Deaths
March 1 – 31	5	0
April 1 – 15	134	5
April 16 – 30	77	13 (hi)
May 1 – 15	41	10
May 16 – 31	24	6
June 1 – 15	14 (lo)	6
June 15 – 30	60	3
July 1 – 15	38	2
July 15 – 31	78	0 (lo)
Aug 1 – 15	153 (hi)	4
Aug 16 – 31	37	6
Sept 1 – 15	65	4
Sept 16 – 30	73	3
Oct 1 – 15	29	6
Source: Daily Reports from GA Dept of Public Health

SURROUNDING COUNTIES

8-County Area	New Cases	New Deaths
March 1 – 31	24	0
April 1 – 15	235	10
April 16 – 30	170	18
May 1 – 15	102 (lo)	11
May 16 – 31	164	15
June 1 – 15	112	15
June 15 – 30	239	6
July 1 – 15	348	5 (lo)
July 16 – 31	516	9
Aug 1 – 15	532 (hi)	23
Aug 16 – 31	359	30 (hi)
Sept 1 – 15	229	14
Sept 16 – 30	265	19
Oct 1 – 15	178	14
8-County Area = Upson, Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot, and Meriwether
Source: Daily Reports from GA Dept of Public Health