Most recent #s from Albany per https://www.albanyherald.com/local/georgia-now-has-confirmed-cases-of-covid—death-toll/article_964e4eab-3196-5848-bf74-c595f15091aa.html. 772 cases in Georgia, only 25 deaths statewide...yes, a spike in positive tests in Dougherty County (Albany), but no deaths today in Albany. Don’t know where you’re getting your stats about “deaths are many”.
GA DPH Lists 12 Deaths at PHOEBER PUTNAM Hospita.
162 sick in SE GA. Virtually all cases in SE GA track back to 2 Funerals. Several cases outside SE GA track back to those 2 funerals. There are 79 of unknown location. The odds are that 10% of those or 8 more are from SE GA.
There are far more cases in the Cobb-Cherokee-Bartow and NE area. There is a small cluster in Carroll County on the AL border.
The difference with SE GA is the high number for low population.
In contrast, the entire east and east-central area from Hart County down to Valdosta including Augusta and Savannah has very few cases.
Muscogee area has only 4.
High Populaton Gwinnett-Hall-and NE has only 106, which is small considering the population. In fact the most positive story has got to be that high population Gwinnett and its people are doing something right.