Averages Of COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Drops In NE Health District

The Northeast Health District added 83 new COVID-19 cases with the release of the Daily Status Report on Tuesday and no deaths from the disease, and the seven-day rolling average of both added cases and deaths declined.

The 83 new positive tests included five in Oconee County and 16 in Clarke County, and each of the other eight counties in the Northeast Health District added at least one case.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped to 75.9 on Tuesday from 79.7 on Monday. The rolling average of added cases in Oconee County remained unchanged at 3.9 and in Clarke County dropped from 23.9 on Monday to 22.0 on Tuesday.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths in the Daily Status Report dropped from 1.3 on Monday to 1.1 on Tuesday. The Northeast Health District had added a single death on Tuesday of last week.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Tuesday that area hospitals had 58 COVID-19 patients, down from 63 on Monday, 63 ICU beds in use out of a capacity of 70, down from 65 on Monday, and 32 adult ventilators in use, down from 33 on Monday.

These patient and medical facility indicators have moved up and down slightly in recent weeks.

The number of COVID-19 patients is the most direct indicator of the pandemic’s impact of those available, and the number of COVID-19 patients as a percentage of hospital patients on a given day was 10.3 on Tuesday, the lowest percentage reported in the last two weeks.

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