Source: South Georgia Medical Center

VALDOSTA – More than 300 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Lowndes County.

A day after the largest rise in local coronavirus cases, the county confirmed six more cases Saturday, according to the 1 p.m update of the Georgia Department of Public Heath daily status report. 

Four Lowndes residents have died since the outbreak of coronavirus, according to the health department report.

The district has remained static since Wednesday, performing 4,048 COVID-19 tests throughout its 10 counties, according to the 10 a.m. Saturday update of the district COVID-19 website.

The GDPH publishes the number of hospitalizations of each county’s residents. Forty-nine Lowndes residents have been hospitalized due to COVID-19 since the start of the outbreak, according to the report.

The additional information should not be confused with the hospitalization numbers published daily by South Georgia Medical Center. Not all SGMC patients are Lowndes County residents and some patients who have been transferred from other regional hospitals have tested positive for COVID-19, according to past reports.

SGMC was treating five confirmed COVID-19 patients, according to its 12:30 p.m. Saturday daily report.

The hospital had discharged 78 COVID-19 patients and had five patients waiting for testing results, according to the report. 

Fifteen SGMC patients have died from the coronavirus. Again, not all SGMC patients are Lowndes County residents.

For more data on Lowndes and the surrounding counties, The Valdosta Daily Times has created a database to track COVID-19 across the South Health District.

To reach the database, click the link here.