DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA COVID-19 CASES

COVID-19 Cases in DeKalb County

DeKalb County, Georgia COVID-19 Cases

Updated: July 28, 2020

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COVID-19 Summary Report for DeKalb County

As of July 28, DeKalb County has reported 11,731 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 186 deaths.
Public Health District 3-5 (Decatur) accounts for 6.6% of the total cases in Georgia.
Among all DeKalb County positive cases, 12.2% were hospitalized and 1.8% have died.

*Counts shown reflect the number of confirmed cases as of 7/28/2020 using the date of symptom onset. Where date of symptom onset were not available, the date of first positive specimen collection or the date of report creation in GA SENDSS was used instead. **Note: All data reported are preliminary and subject to change. Delays in data reporting may cause changes in data counts, particularly within the last week (shaded area).

Table 1a. Comparison of cumulative COVID-19 case counts and Percent Change for Georgia and DeKalb County

Table 1b. COVID-19 Cases by Public Health District

District	Count	%
LAWRENCEVILLE (3-4)	18726	10.5%
ATLANTA (3-2)	16973	9.5%
MARIETTA (3-1)	12847	7.2%
DECATUR (3-5)	11731	6.6%
LA GRANGE (4-0)	11204	6.3%
GAINESVILLE (2-0)	10543	5.9%
SAVANNAH (9-1)	9262	5.2%
ALBANY (8-2)	8374	4.7%
WAYCROSS (9-2)	7744	4.3%
MACON (5-2)	7697	4.3%
COLUMBUS (7-0)	7681	4.3%
AUGUSTA (6-0)	7049	4.0%
DALTON (1-2)	7000	3.9%
ROME (1-1)	6836	3.8%
VALDOSTA (8-1)	6024	3.4%
ATHENS (10-0)	5773	3.2%
FOREST PARK (3-3)	4253	2.4%
DUBLIN (5-1)	1837	1.1%
UNKNOWN	16743	9.4%

Table 3. COVID-19 Case Counts and Percent Change by Zip Code

ZIP	Previous Count July 26	Current Count July 28	% of Total	% Change
30058	881	927	7.9%	5.2%
30083	809	842	7.2%	4.1%
30034	771	804	6.9%	4.3%
30032	677	697	5.9%	3.0%
30084	666	690	5.9%	3.6%
30329	679	689	5.9%	1.5%
30341	627	637	5.4%	1.6%
30038	587	620	5.3%	5.6%
30340	569	585	5.0%	2.8%
30319	476	490	4.2%	2.9%
30087	454	480	4.1%	5.7%
30021	393	403	3.4%	2.5%
30345	390	401	3.4%	2.8%
30088	346	363	3.1%	4.9%
30033	339	357	3.0%	5.3%
30035	334	342	2.9%	2.4%
30294	247	258	2.2%	4.5%
30316	245	247	2.1%	3.8%
30030	236	245	2.1%	3.8%
30338	230	237	2.0%	3.0%
30360	230	237	2.0%	3.0%
30350	116	129	1.1%	11.2%
30317	110	113	1.0%	2.7%
30346	70	74	0.6%	5.7%
30307	66	68	0.6%	3.0%
30306	55	66	0.6%	20%
30324	56	57	0.5%	1.8%
30002	55	56	0.5%	1.8%
30079	50	54	0.5%	8.0%
30288	28	28	0.2%	0.0%
30031	16	16	0.1%	0.0%
30039	16	16	0.1%	0.0%
30342	16	16	0.1%	0.0%
30047	7	12	0.1%	71.4%
30349	13	12	0.1%	-7.7%
30072	11	11	0.1%	0.0%
30044	10	10	0.1%	0.0%
30318	9	10	0.1%	11.1%
30092	9	9	0.1%	0.0%
30308	9	9	0.1%	0.0%
30328	9	9	0.1%	0.0%
30094	8	8	0.1%	0.0%
30086	6	7	0.1%	16.7%
30093	7	7	0.1%	0.0%
30305	6	7	0.1%	16.7%
30322	7	7	0.1%	0.0%
30022	6	6	0.1%	0.0%
30037	6	6	0.1%	0.0%
30331	6	6	0.1%	0.0%
30344	6	6	0.1%	0.0%
Unknown	156	159	1.4%	1.9%

*Data cleaning may lead to reassignment of cases from one territory to another based on corrected addresses which may appear as “decreases” when compared to previous counts. Zip codes with five or fewer cases were omitted from the table.

Table 4. Demographic Data of COVID-19 Cases in DeKalb County

Demographic	Count	%
Gender
Female	6196	52.8%
Male	5242	44.7%
Unknown	293	2.5%
Age Group
Under 15	484	4.1%
15-29	3045	26.0%
30-44	3429	29.2%
45-59	2636	22.5%
60-74	1439	12.3%
75-89	539	4.6%
90 and over	106	0.9%
Unknown	53	0.5%
Race
Asian	401	3.4%
Black	4974	42.2%
Other	989	8.4%
White	2132	18.2%
Unknown	3262	27.8%
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino	1795	15.3%
Non-Hispanic/Latino	5521	47.1%
Unknown/Not Specified	4415	37.6%