The fourth hospital patient to be added to the tally in recent days and 16 new positives for COVID-19 were the results of today’s report from the Georgia Department of Public Health on COVID-19 in Polk County and statewide, along with some new tracking statistics that are worth a look.
That put Polk County at 547 positives, 24 hospital cases and five deaths in total from the virus as of July 28.
For instance, today’s report also includes the number of newly confirmed cases in the past two weeks – by their figures we’re at 204 – along with how the virus is tracking based on 2018 Census population estimates.
As of 2018, Polk County was believed to have 43,482 residents living within the borders. Which based on those statistics, the cases per 100,000 people tally at 1,258 is more than double that of the total cases in Polk County. That figure in the last two weeks – based on 100,000 people at more than double the 2018 population estimate – was at 469.2.
However, looking at it in the form of the numbers of people versus the number of confirmed positive cases, Polk County is around 79 people per 1,000 residents, and the confirmed infection rate is at .012 percent of the entire county.
The missing number to determine how the case tally is working out in terms of the total population is how many people have been tested so far, a number that has yet to be provided on the county level.
On the state level, the number of cases now sits at 175,052, an increase of 4,293 cases in the past 24 hours. The number of deaths on a daily basis went up from 11 on Monday and now 54 today. Sadly, the total number of Georgians who have died from the virus now sits at 3,563 people.
Out of the total number of people who have tested positive, there have been 17,544 hospital patients treated for the virus, an increase in the past day of 406. That includes a total number of 3,236 ICU admissions, a daily increase of 64 new intensive care patients in the past 24 hours.
The state reported on Monday that there were just 47 new hospital patients.
In total, the state reports more than 1.48 million tests have been conducted overall, and put the percentage of people who have tested positive at 10.8%.
Nationwide, the case count went up by 54,448 in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest report. That brings the U.S. positive total to 4,280,135 people who have had or currently have COVID-19 at this time.
The United States lost another 1,126 people to the virus in the past day, bringing the death toll nationally to 147,672. That is comparable to the number of American soldiers lost during the Battle of Fredericksburg at 1,284 men during the Civil War.
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