Georgia reports nearly 1,000 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

The number of coronavirus cases in Georgia has surpassed 27,000 with nearly 1,000 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, according to the state's department of health.

As of noon on Friday, Georgia Department of Health reported 27,134 cases, up from 26,175 recorded cases on Thursday.

The majority of the state's cases are in the metro Atlanta area.

At least 1,147 Georgia residents have died as a result of COVID-19

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-01-20/index.html

---

Sounds stressful; I'd go out for drink.....

[TeamPooka]

1. GA: open for business of getting sick.

[jimfields33]

8. We have to wait two weeks before we see opening numbers.

Patience!

[regnaD kciN]

14. Not really...

While the full stay-at-home order was lifted today, many businesses (including tattoo shops, massage parlors, and nail salons) were allowed to reopen a week ago, on April 24th. Since symptoms can take between a few days and two weeks to show up, it's quite possible that the surge in cases is the result of infections since last Friday.

[Brainfodder]

2. Super DUH?

That's all I have left for this level of stupidity?

[Auggie]

3. Bookmark and check back in two to three weeks ...

as more shelter and distancing rules are relaxed and/or ignored.

[Squinch]

4. But at least their nails aren't all raggedy.

[BigDemVoter]

5. Trust me on this, because I've seen it.

It will grow exponentially, and this is just the tip of the ugly iceberg. . . .

What is truly too bad is that the motherfucker responsible for this won't pay the consequences. . . .

[Initech]

6. ...

[LogicFirst]

7. The number that matters

is the number of new cases within the next 2 weeks. Get out the old adding machine.

[regnaD kciN]

15. Within the next week, I'd say...

...because symptoms show up between a few days and two weeks after infection. While the full stay-at-home order expired today, the Republican governor allowed lots of businesses to reopen last Friday, so any jump in cases today could well be caused by that event. By next Friday, it will be two weeks after the initial reopening, and one week after the full reopening, so we'll know even more.

[LiberalLovinLug]

9. It certainly feels like middle America is next.

Its already begun. What I mean is that the more liberal voting coasts spiked first and they dealt with it quickly and strictly. So while their curves are flattening, the Red States will start to rise dramatically. Then, yes a tragedy for those infected, but hopefully will see Trump's numbers really start to decline along with that.

[nitpicker]

10. Don't forget the chicken plants

I counted every GA county with 100 or more cases on April 27, and recounted those counties today.

Although over the time period Fulton/De Kalb/Cobb reported over 500 new cases, three counties with chicken plants (Gwinett, Hall and Haversham) added about 700 new cases.

[japple]

11. Where are you getting info. on counties? I had been checking the Ga. Dept. of Public Health

site every day to see how many were reported in the counties around me. Then they took down the page that had the daily Covid-19 update.

[Igel]

12. They don't say the other essential bit of information.

What was up with testing?

Double your testing, you'll come close to doubling the # of infections detected without an increase in actual infections.

In fact, if the infection rate is going down and you increase testing, you'll be able to produce a nice graph showing the infection rate is increasing. (Or the other way 'round--you can decrease testing and show a declining # of cases even as the population grows sick and half of it dies in the next 3 weeks.)

[regnaD kciN]

13. Here's the actual link...

...since the one above was to an "update" page where the story has since scrolled off the top of the page.

CNN story

[Turbineguy]

16. Brian Kemp's Eugenics Experiment.

[Rae]

17. This disease can have a long incubation period

and doesn't kill quickly. So what happened a few weeks ago when these folks would have been contracting it? Easter.