Source: South Georgia Medical Center

VALDOSTA – Another Lowndes County resident has succumbed to COVID-19.

A 64-year-old Lowndes man died from the virus Saturday. He was not hospitalized, according to the South Health District, and the district reported it does not know if he had underlying medical conditions.

Thirty Lowndes County residents have died from the virus since the start of the outbreak, according to the district.

At South Georgia Medical Center, 59 patients have died from the virus since the outbreak of COVID-19, according to the hospital’s report.

The number of coronavirus deaths at SGMC basically doubled during July.

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.

Lowndes County added 37 COVID-19 cases Saturday, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health report.

The county has reported a total of 2,931 cases since the pandemic began, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health report.

Lowndes County has had 134 residents hospitalized due to COVID-19, since the start of the outbreak, according to the report.

The South Health District has performed 20,167 coronavirus tests throughout its 10 counties as of Saturday, according to the district COVID-19 website.

At South Georgia Medical Center, the hospital was treating 71 COVID-19 patients as of Saturday morning, according to its daily report.

Dr. Brian Dawson, SGMC chief medical officer, said Tuesday despite the higher numbers of coronavirus patients during the past two weeks, SGMC was still accepting transfers from other hospitals.

SGMC has discharged 401 COVID-19 patients – numbers reflecting the total patients discharged since the start of the pandemic — and had no patients waiting for testing results, according to the SGMC report.

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.