7-Day Rolling Average Of New COVID-19 Cases Increases In District

The Northeast Health District of the Georgia Department of Public Health added 32 cases of confirmed COVID-19 at noon on Wednesday, down from the 33 cases added a day earlier but up from the 24 cases added on Wednesday of last week.

The seven-day rolling average of added COVID-19 cases for the 10-county Northeast Health District, which includes Oconee and Clarke counties, increased for the second day in a row, to 23.0 cases, up from 21.9 on Tuesday and 20.6 on Monday.

Oconee County added only a single case, and the cumulative number of cases stands at 59.

Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry added two more cases to the list of Active COVID-19 cases in the county on Tuesday, bringing the total to 17. An active case also had been added on Monday, and a case remains active for 21 days after the onset of symptoms.

The Northeast Health District added no new deaths with the noon Daily Status Report on Wednesday. The number stands at 27.

The Department of Public Health released an updated Long-Term Care Facility Report on Tuesday afternoon that listed eight nursing homes and four personal care homes in the 10-county Northeast Health District as having COVID-19 Positive residents or staff.

None of Oconee County’s more than a half dozen facilities was on the list.

Across the state, according to the noon Wednesday Daily Status Report, the Department of Public Health counted 723 new cases of confirmed COVID-19, down from 778 on Tuesday. The seven-day rolling average of added cases declined from 667.1 to 647.7.

The state recorded the highest number of deaths ever in the 24-hour-period ending at noon on Wednesday, with 102 new deaths, and the seven-day rolling average increased dramatically from 31.6 to 40.9.

For more on the story, with charts showing local and state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.