COVID-19 Monitor

Lamar County had four confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of noon Monday, according to the Georgia Department of Public health (DPH).There were no reported deaths in the community from coronavirus at that time.

There was confusion last week with the local case count. Lamar was listed at three cases all last week but that count dropped to two over the weekend. It turns out the third case was listed in error, dropping our number to two. “We have double checked the numbers and there was a duplicate in the system. Once the duplicate was removed, the Lamar County number dropped back to two,” DPH spokesperson Hayla Folden said Monday.

That figure doubled to four between 7 p.m. Sunday and noon Monday.

Folden also gave some clarification on how the case count is compiled. “If there is a death, the case count number will not reduce. It will show the same number of positives plus a death. The number will also not reduce if people recover,” Folden added.

Lamar’s first two possible cases were students at Gordon State College who were exposed elsewhere. As of Monday, the latest DPH information on them was that one tested negative and the other was showing no symptoms. It is unclear if they are included in Lamar’s count of four as of Monday.
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Lamar County remains at three confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the noon Tuesday case count report from DPH.

In a video-streamed meeting of the Barnesville Rotary Club at noon Tuesday, Sherry Farr, nurse manager of the Lamar County Health Department, and Gordon State College president Kirk Nooks reported the two Gordon students listed as exposed to coronavirus two weeks ago are not included in the case count that currently stands at three. Of the two students, one tested negative and the other never exhibited symptoms. They were exposed off campus and lived off campus. Farr also confirmed a fourth case reported Monday for a time was an error. "So many people are monitoring the numbers and inputting data, there are duplicates at times," Farr said.

Georgia now has 3817 cases, 818 hospitalizations and 108 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 2
Upson: 4
Monroe: 4
Butts: 6
Spalding: 13

LC was up to four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the DPH case count released at noon Monday. That count doubled from the count Sunday at 7 p.m. Lamar has experienced no deaths thus far, according to DPH.

Statewide, there are 2809 cases with 707 hospitalizations and 87 deaths - a death rate of 3.1%.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 2
Upson: 5
Monroe: 3
Butts: 5
Spalding: 12

Lamar held steady at two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the noon Sunday DPH case count. There has been no explanation from anyone in authority of what happened with the county's third case that was listed all week. That person could have recovered or died but Lamar is showing no deaths. It also could be a reporting error at DPH.

There were anecdotal reports of a coronavirus death at the Griffin hospital Saturday but that has not been confirmed.

Statewide there are 2651 confirmed cases. Of those, 66 are hospitalized and 80 have died.

Confirmed cases in surrounding counties:

Pike: 2
Upson: 5
Monroe: 3
Butts: 5
Spalding: 12

The chart at right shows the 11 most impacted counties.