covid20210818

Numbers released on Tuesday, August 18th, 2021.

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since April 17th, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to the public. In June and July, the health department released numbers on a wekly basis on Fridays, and in August has switched back to releasing numbers everyday once it became evident that we were about to see another sdurge in numbers.

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Known COVID-19 Cases

3650 Detected
(+41 from yesterday and +165 from last week and +405 in four weeks and +3153 or 630.57% from one year ago)

211 Active
(+12 (+6.03%) from yesterday and +45 (+27.11%) from last week and +190 (+904.76%) in four weeks and +176 or +502.86% from one year ago

3397 Recovered
(+28 from yesterday and +119 from last week and +214 in four weeks and +2939 (641.70%) from one year ago)

42 Deaths
(+1 from yesterday and +1 from last week and unchanged in four weeks and +38 or 950.00% from one year ago)

Testing numbers reported to the health department

10317 by Macon County Public Health
(+36 from yesterday and +376 from last week and +631 in four weeks and +5777 or +127.25% from one year ago)

12132 by Others
(+65 from yesterday and +285 from last week and +748 in four weeks and +10452 or 622.14% from one year ago)

22449 Total Tests
(+101 from yesterday and +661 from last week and +1379 in four weeks and +16229 or 260.92% from one year ago)

186 tests pending results
(+27 from yesterday and +92 from last week and +182 in four weeks and +55 or +41.98% from one year ago)

Vaccine Delivery Statistics
(editor’s note: there may be an error in the health department reported numbers. Despite them showing 134 shots given yesterday, the total number of shots did not change. This section is the same as it was yesterday and the day before.)

31 Vaccines Given Today
(+31 from yesterday

327 Vaccines in Inventory
-45 from yesterday

12901 Total Vaccines Given
+31 from yesterday

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