COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County August 6, 2021

Numbers released on Friday, August 6th, 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.

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

Known COVID-19 Cases

3360 Detected
(+12 from yesterday and +80 from last week and +146 in four weeks and +2891 or 616.43% from one year ago)

95 Active
(+2 (+2.15%) from yesterday and +51 (+115.91%) from last week and +83 (+691.67%) in four weeks and +31 or +48.44% from one year ago

3224 Recovered
(+10 from yesterday and +29 from last week and +63 in four weeks and +2822 from one year ago)

41 Deaths
(unchanged from yesterday and unchanged from last week and unchanged in four weeks and +38 or 1266.67% from one year ago)

Testing numbers reported to the health department

9845 by Macon County Public Health
(+17 from yesterday and +125 from last week and +182 in four weeks and +5579 or +130.78% from one year ago)

11659 by Others
(+50 from yesterday and +186 from last week and +443 in four weeks and +10232 or +717.03% from one year ago)

21504 Total Tests
(+67 from yesterday and +311 from last week and +625 in four weeks and +15811 or 277.73% from one year ago)

82 tests pending results
(+25 from yesterday and +72 from last week and +56 in four weeks and -144 or -63.72% 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.)

134 Vaccines Given Today
(+134 from yesterday and +103 from last week and +131 in four weeks)

202 Vaccines in Inventory
(-148 from yesterday and -148 from last week and -847 in four weeks)

12812 Total Vaccines Given
(+134 from yesterday and +134 from last week and +180 in four weeks)

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Published at 6:45pm on Friday, August 06, 2021