The total number of COVID-19 cases in Coweta rose to 3,653 Monday, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health, with 52 new cases confirmed since Friday.

Sixty-eight Cowetans have died of the disease, including a 61-year-old man with chronic health conditions whose death was reported Thursday. According to the DPH, there were another four probable deaths* from COVID-19 as of Monday’s report.

Hospitalizations are at 177 (+2), and the confirmed case rate per 100,000 Cowetans is now 2,403 (+34).

Across Georgia, the DPH reported 422,133 cumulative cases on Monday – up 5,830 since Friday – and 8,778 total confirmed deaths, including 32 new deaths since Friday. Another 674 probable deaths* from COVID-19 in Georgia also were reported Monday.

More than 34,800 people have been admitted to Georgia hospitals for COVID-19 treatment since the health crisis began, and 6,497 of those patients have been admitted to intensive care units.

According to statistics posted by the DPH Friday, a total of 4,314,448 molecular tests for active infections have been performed at drive-thru sites and facilities statewide, with a current positive rate of 9.2 percent.**

A total of 363,107 serology tests for antibodies from previous infections have been performed statewide, with a 9.9 percent positive rate.

*This number includes individuals who are antigen positive or individuals with compatible illness and known close contact to a case that was either reported to DPH as deceased by health care providers or medical examiners/coroners, or identified by death certificates with COVID-19 indicated as the cause of death. It also includes cases in which there is evidence that COVID-19 contributed to the individual’s death OR individuals with a death certificate that has COVID-19 indicated as the cause of death and there is no laboratory evidence for SARS-CoV-2.

**The number of positive tests is not the same as the number of cases. Some tests may not be reported to DPH through electronic laboratory reporting, and numbers may include multiple tests performed on the same individual.

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Coweta County School System

Most recent data, updated Nov. 28

Total students: 22,181

Self-identified positive: 2

Self-identified positive (Nov. 20-26): 16

Quarantined or isolated (Nov. 20-26): 1,045

Total staff: 3,052

Self-identified positive: 0

Self-identified positive (Nov. 20-26): 6

Quarantined or isolated (Nov. 20-26): 211

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Coweta County Case History

MARCH 2020: 32 cases, 2 deaths

APRIL 2020: 154 new cases, 2 new deaths

MAY 2020: 221 new cases, 5 new deaths

JUNE 2020: 251 new cases, 6 new deaths

JULY 2020: 620 new cases, 4 new deaths

AUGUST 2020: 953 new cases, 7 new deaths

SEPTEMBER 2020: 362 new cases, 21 new deaths

OCTOBER 2020: 327 new cases, 16 new deaths

NOVEMBER 2020

1 – 3,018 cases, 63 deaths

2 – 3,030 cases, 63 deaths

3 – 3,038 cases, 63 deaths

4 – 3,048 cases, 63 deaths

5 – 3,058 cases, 63 deaths

6 – 3,069 cases, 63 deaths

7 – 3,086 cases, 63 deaths

8 – 3,092 cases, 63 deaths

9 – 3,103 cases, 63 deaths

10 – 3,111 cases, 63 deaths

11 – 3,120 cases, 63 deaths

12 – 3,132 cases, 63 deaths

13 – 3,141 cases, 64 deaths

14 – 3,163 cases, 64 deaths

15 – 3,183 cases, 64 deaths

16 – 3,195 cases, 64 deaths

17 – 3,262 cases, 64 deaths

18 – 3,302 cases, 65 deaths

19 – 3,352 cases, 66 deaths

20 – 3,391 cases, 66 deaths

21 – 3,418 cases, 67 deaths

22 – 3,437 cases, 67 deaths

23 – 3,454 cases, 67 deaths

24 – 3,467 cases, 67 deaths

25 – 3,508 cases, 67 deaths

26 – 3,550 cases, 68 deaths

27 – 3,601 cases, 68 deaths

28 – 3,620 cases, 68 deaths

29 – 3,633 cases, 68 deaths

30 – 3,653 cases, 68 deaths

(640 new cases, 5 new deaths)