7-Day Rolling Averages COVID Deaths, Cases Increase For 3rd Day

The Northeast Health District added three deaths attributed to COVID-19 with the release of the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Sunday, pushing up the seven-day rolling average of added deaths in the District for the third day in a row.

The District added 58 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, also pushing up the seven-day rolling average of added cases for the third day in a row.

The three deaths were of a 65-year-old male in Clarke County without a chronic condition, a 62-year-old female in Jackson County with a chronic condition, and a 73-year-old female in Madison County with a chronic condition.

The Daily Status Report now is listing 46 deaths in Clarke County from COVID-19, 37 in Jackson County, 10 in Madison County, and 277 in the 10-county Northeast Health District as a whole.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths was 2.3 on Sunday, compared with 2.1 on Saturday.

Every county in the 10-county District added at least one case of the disease on Sunday. Oconee County added three and Clarke County added 19. The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased both in Oconee and Clarke counties.

The seven-day rolling average for the District increased to 83.4 on Sunday from 80.7 on Saturday.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Sunday the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (48) increased from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (59) decreased from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (26) decreased from the day before.

For additional reporting and for charts summarizing local and state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.