The number of COVID-19 deaths this year reached 34 earlier in the month, and has slowly that number continues to rise after a big increase during the summer and fall months. (As of December 31, when this page was last updated, the year ended with 44 deaths.)
However, it is important to remember that when a person dies, they might also be a COVID-19 death because they were found to have the virus during testing conducted in an autopsy, for instance.
It is also good to remember this: The Georgia Department of Public Health doesn’t report COVID-19 deaths live, but after they are confirmed by the state before being uploaded to the database. So it could be that the death toll has gone up, but those numbers aren’t yet in the state’s reporting system.
This item will be updated regularly with new information as it becomes available, and as long as the state continues to report COVID-19 deaths.
Here’s the deaths reported so far by the state:
1 – A 90+ year old white female, with co-morbidity factors
2 – An 87-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
3 – An 87-year-old white male, with no co-morbidity factors
4 – An 85-year-old African American male, with co-morbidity factors
5 – An 85-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors
6 – An 84-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors
7 – An 83-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
8 – An 83-year-old white male with unknown co-morbidity factors
9 – An 82-year-old male (listed as other on ethnicity) with unknown co-morbidity factors
10 – An 82-year-old white male, with no co-morbidity factors
11 – An 81-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors
12 – A 80-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors
13 – A 79-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
14 – A 79-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors listed as unknown
15 – A 79-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors
16 – A 78-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors
17 – A 76-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
18 – A 76-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors listed as unknown
19 – A 76-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors listed as unknown
20 – A 76-year-old white male, with no co-morbidity factors
21 – A 76-year-old white female, with no co-morbidity factors
22 – A 75-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors listed as unknown
23 – A 75-year-old African American female with no co-morbidity factors
24 – A 74-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors
25 – A 73-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
26 – A 73-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
27 – A 72-year-old white female, with no co-morbidity factors
28 – A 71-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors listed as unknown
29 – A 68-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
30 – A 68-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
31 – A 68-year-old white male, with no co-morbidity factors
32 – An 67-year-old male (listed as other on ethnicity) with no co-morbidity factors
33 – A 67-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors
34 – A 67-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
35 – A 65-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
36 – A 62-year-old white female, with no co-morbidity factors
37 – A 60-year-old white female, with no co-morbidity factors
38 – A 59-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors
39 – A 59-year-old white female, with no co-morbidity factors
40 – A 57-year-old white male, with no co-morbidity factors
41 – A 56-year-old white male, with no co-morbidity factors
42 – A 53-year-old African American male, with co-morbidity factors listed as unknown
43 – A 53-year-old white female, with co-morbidity factors listed as unknown
44 – A 49-year-old white male, with co-morbidity factors