by Robin Kemp
As of Friday, August 27, these are the latest COVID-19 figures for Clayton County, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health:
- CONFIRMED CASES TO DATE: 29,267
- PCR POSITIVE LAST 2 WEEKS: 2,158
- ANTIGEN POSITIVE CASES: 3,588
- CONFIRMED CASES PER 100K: 9,600.84
- COUNTY RANK: 5 of 152 for number of cases, behind Fulton, Gwinnett, Cobb, and Dekalb Counties
- % PCR POSITIVE: 23.4%
- 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE: 14.2%
- % PCR POSITIVE TESTS LAST 2 WEEKS: 12.9%
- % POSITIVE TESTS OVERALL: 13.4%
- CONFIRMED DEATHS: 526 since pandemic began
- DEATHS PER 100K: 172.6
- PROBABLE DEATHS: 30
- HOSPITALIZATIONS: 1,657
You can dive into more COVID-19 data for Georgia and other counties at https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report.
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