10/5 – 10/9: Weekly COVID-19 Update

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Hannah Stai, News Editor
October 10, 2020

Yet another week of a global pandemic….

 

On the local level, Georgia has 329,032 cases and 7,178 deaths. The list of Georgia counties with the most cases have not changed:

  1. Fulton County, with an additional 253 cases from today
  2. Gwinnett County, 132 new cases from today
  3. Cobb County, 73 new cases from today
  4. DeKalb County, 98 new cases from today
  5. Hall County, 75 new cases from today

 

As of October 10, 2020, the United States leads in most cases with over 7,641,502 cases and over 213,037 COVID-19 related deaths. From last week, the top 5 states have not changed, besides the numbers, of course.

  1. Texas – 28,826 cases in the last 7 days
  2. California – 21,329 cases in the last 7 days
  3. Wisconsin – 17,683 cases in the last 7 days
  4. Florida – 16,789 cases in the last 7 days
  5. Illinois – 16,171 cases in the last 7 days