The 7-day rolling average of COVID cases in Cobb County and the 7-day rolling average of COVID deaths have been moving in opposite directions since mid-January in Cobb County and across the state.
This has been a national trend and has been reported to be due to the delay between disease onset and death.
The graphs below provide visual images of trends for Cobb County and statewide, but for larger, interactive versions of the graphs, see the Daily COVID Status Report. The yellow lines represent the 7-day moving averages.
Numbers in this report are taken from the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Daily COVID Status Report, the published CDC County View Data Tracking Summary, and the Georgia Hospital Bed and Ventilator Utilization Report. Georgia.
Cobb County Numbers
The Georgian Ministry of Public Health displays its COVID statistics based on 14-day blocks.
New cases in Cobb in past 14 days: 3,474
14-day case rate per 100,000 population: 439
Number of cases in Cobb since the start of the pandemic: 132,319
Cases per 100,000 inhabitants since the start of the pandemic: 16,737
Cobb Numbers and CDC County View Rates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gets its numbers from the Georgia Department of Public Health, but presents them in 7-day blocks rather than the 14-day blocks presented by the GDPH.
7-day metrics
Case | 2,203 |
Case rate per 100,000 | 289.81 |
% Positivity | 11.73% |
Death | 42 |
% of population aged ≥ 5 years fully vaccinated | 60.8% |
New hospital admissions | 187 |
Percent change over 7 days
Case | -31.99% |
% Positivity | -4.28% |
Death | 75% |
% of population aged ≥ 5 years fully vaccinated | N / A |
New hospital admissions | -20.43% |
Statewide numbers
reported today
Confirmed cases | Antigen positive cases | Confirmed deaths | Hospitalizations |
---|---|---|---|
4,837 | 1,941 | 124 | 329 |
Hospital Beds and Ventilators Report
Region N, which includes Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, and Paulding counties, has:
1,130 general hospital beds used outside 1,334 total number of beds, or 84.71%
170 Intensive care beds used out of a total of 198 total number of intensive care beds, or 85.86%.
146 ED beds in use on 296 total number of beds, or 49.32%
113 fans used out of 192 total fans, or 58.85%
18.9% of patients in Region N are classified as COVID-19 patients.
For more information on COVID in Cobb County and statewide
Cobb & Douglas Public Health publishes the case rate on its homepage, although it is not updated frequently.
Visit the Cobb & Douglas Public Health home page by following this link
A more frequently updated summary of COVID statistics for Cobb County is the CDC’s County View page for Cobb County. The numbers come from the Georgia Department of Public Health, but are displayed in a way that’s much easier to read than the GDPH’s sprawling website. From this page you can get a week’s figures on the number of new cases, the rate of cases per 100,000 population, hospitalizations, deaths and the percentage change from the previous 7-day period. . It also includes data on testing and vaccination rates.
Visit the CDC County View page for Cobb County by following this link
The Georgian Ministry of Public Health releases a daily report on the status of the pandemic every afternoon around 3 p.m. It’s a comprehensive report with detailed data and charts organized statewide and by county, which also includes age breakdowns, racial demographics, and vaccination and testing data. .
It’s not the easiest system to navigate, but it’s worth spending time learning to use if you want the latest national and local data on the status of COVID-19.
Visit the Georgia Department of Public Health Daily Status Report by following this link
To get an overview of the pressure the pandemic has placed on hospital systems in terms of emergency room visits, hospital bed capacity and ventilator use, there is a report on hospital bed utilization and fans with interactive maps. The map is organized by hospital region, and Cobb County is part of Region N.
Visit the Georgia Hospital Beds and Ventilator Report by following this link
For data on the percentage of patients in Georgia hospitals who have been admitted for COVID-19 versus all other causes, there is a Georgia Medical Facility Patient Census. It also reports numbers by state and by hospital region.
Visit the Georgia Medical Facility Patient Census by following this link