99 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Georgia, 16 in Northwest region

March 15, 2020–11:03 a.m.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

As of Sunday morning, the Georgia Department of Public Health reports 99 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Georgia.

There are now four in Floyd County, nine in Bartow County, two in Gordon County and one in Polk County.

There has been only one death, in Cobb County, a 67-year old man with an underlying medical condition.

You can now view a coronavirus daily report from the Georgia Department of Public Health HERE.

Meanwhile, public health and and administrators from local healthcare facilities have issued a joint letter endorsing decisions to cancel events and large gatherings.

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