COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County August 5, 2021

This is the update for numbers released on Thursday, August 5th, 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.

Known COVID-19 Cases

3348 Detected
(+23 from yesterday and +68 from last week and +134 in four weeks)

93 Active
(+14 (+17.72%) from yesterday and +49 (+11.36%) from last week and +81 (+675%) in four weeks

3214 Recovered
(+9 from yesterday and +19 from last week and +53 in four weeks)

41 Deaths
(unchanged from yesterday and unchanged from last week and unchanged in four weeks)

Testing numbers reported to the health department

9828 by Macon County Public Health
(+57 from yesterday and +108 from last week and +165 in four weeks)

11609 by Others
(unchanged from yesterday and +136 from last week and +393 in four weeks)

21437 Total Tests
(+57 from yesterday and +244 from last week and +558 in four weeks)

57 tests pending results
(+33 from yesterday and +47 from last week and +31 in four weeks)

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.)

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 4:30am on Friday, August 06, 2021