Georgia state health officials said Monday that 100 people in the state have died of the coronavirus - up 13 just from the noon report on Monday. The cases have climbed to 3,028 - up from the noon number of 2,809. It was at 800 just one week ago.
Officials said 771 have been hospitalized.
Whitfield County has gone up to eight cases. Dade County reported its first case.
Walker County remains among the few Georgia counties that have avoided the virus thus far.
Catoosa County remains at three cases and Chattooga County now has three cases.
Bartow County south of Chattanooga at Cartersville has 125 cases - up from 61 on Monday. There has been one death. Floyd County (Rome) has 31 cases with two deaths and Gordon County (Calhoun) is at 15 with one death.
The cases remain centered around the Atlanta area, with Fulton County soaring past 500 cases to 503. There have been 15 deaths in Fulton County. Cobb County has 250 cases with 11 deaths. There are now 294 cases in Dekalb County (Decatur) with three deaths. Gwinnett County has increased to 178 cases with two deaths. Cases in Clayton County (Jonesboro) are at 62 with two deaths.
Dougherty County (Albany), where six died early in the epidemic, now has 278 cases with 18 deaths. Lee County, which is near Albany, has 44 cases with six deaths.
Cherokee County (Canton) now has 69 cases and one death. Carroll County (Carrollton) has 97 cases and one death. Clarke County (Athens) increased to 47 cases and five deaths. Hall (Gainesville) increased to 34 cases.
The youngest Georgia virus victim was a 29-year-old female in Peach County.
A 33-year-old male died in Fulton County.