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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

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* This may confirm the heat impact on Covid, but it's also because FL is a spread out state. If you look at who dies most frequently from this disease, aside from the old generally, it's people with compromised health living in densely populated areas.

That's not true. The place in the country the hardest hit right now is southwest Georgia. Population density plays a role, but not as big of a role as a lot of people think. This outbreak is thought to be due to two funerals.

Severity: Calling Dougherty County a hotspot isn’t just a turn of phrase or a designation that only applies within the state of Georgia. The situation in Albany is comparable to other global hotspots. When we look at the number of COVID-19 infections per 100,000 people, the results are startling. In Dougherty County there are 1,400 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. In New York City there are 1,308 infections per 100,000 people, according to the New York Times.

While Dougherty County has had nowhere near the number of cases or the number of deaths as New York City, the spread of the virus throughout the county is dangerously high. For comparison — Fulton County which is Georgia’s largest county and houses within its borders the city of Atlanta — has a case rate of just 169 per 100,000 people. Fulton County has also had fewer deaths than Dougherty County.

The Numbers: So what do the numbers look like in Dougherty County? As of noon April 15, there were 1,308 confirmed cases in Dougherty County and 83 people had died. Dougherty leads Georgia in number of deaths from coronavirus. Fulton County has 1,844 cases, which is more than Dougherty, but it has 62 deaths. The next highest number of deaths is in Cobb County, which has 43 deaths.

Statewide, Georgia has 14,987 confirmed cases and 552 deaths.