COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County August 16, 2021

Numbers released on Monday, August 16th, 2021.

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since April 17th, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to the public. In June and July, the health department released numbers on a wekly basis on Fridays, and in August has switched back to releasing numbers everyday once it became evident that we were about to see another sdurge in numbers.

See the COVID-19 Report from one year ago today at [MaconMedia.com]

Known COVID-19 Cases

3600 Detected
(+64 from yesterday and +159 from last week and +355 in four weeks and +3106 or 628.74% from one year ago)

207 Active
(+24 (+13.11%) from yesterday and +48 (+30.19%) from last week and +186 (+857.14%) in four weeks and +150 or +263.16% from one year ago

3352 Recovered
(+40 from yesterday and +111 from last week and +169 in four weeks and +2919 (674.13%) from one year ago)

41 Deaths
(unchanged from yesterday and unchanged from last week and unchanged in four weeks and +37 or 925.00% from one year ago)

Testing numbers reported to the health department

9941 by Macon County Public Health
(unchanged from yesterday and +96 from last week and +255 in four weeks and +5401 or +118.96% from one year ago)

11976 by Others
(+58 from yesterday and +168 from last week and +592 in four weeks and +10343 or 633.37% from one year ago)

21859 Total Tests
(+58 from yesterday and +264 from last week and +847 in four weeks and +15744 or 255.05% from one year ago)

59 tests pending results
(-85 from yesterday and +31 from last week and +55 in four weeks and -72 or -54.96% from one year ago)

Vaccine Delivery Statistics
(editor's note: there may be an error in the health department reported numbers. Despite them showing 134 shots given yesterday, the total number of shots did not change. This section is the same as it was yesterday and the day before.)

0 Vaccines Given Today
(unchanged from yesterday

372 Vaccines in Inventory
unchanged from yesterday

12870 Total Vaccines Given
unchanged from yesterday

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Published at 7:20am on Tuesday, August 17, 2021