Gwinnett County Now Has Highest Number Of COVID-19 Cases In Georgia

People are shown being tested for COVID-19 at a drive-thru site in Virginia. Locally, Gwinnett County health officials say they have been doing a lot more testing, which has caught more cases of COVID-19.

Jacquelyn Martin

As of Wednesday, Gwinnett County had 5,658 cases of COVID-19, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

That’s the highest per county total in the state, and data shows Gwinnett has not yet reached its peak in daily COVID-19 cases.

Georgia’s overall coronavirus case numbers have gone up in recent weeks, but some large metro Atlanta counties, including DeKalb and Fulton, have been showing a slow downward trend since mid-May.