Clarke County Adds Another Death From COVID-19, the 4th in 4 days

Clarke County recorded another COVID-19 death with the release of the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Sunday, the fourth in four days.

Jackson County, which reported a COVID-19 death on Saturday, also recorded one on Sunday, and, with the addition of these two deaths, the seven-day rolling average of added deaths in the 10-county Northeast Health District increased from 2.6 on Saturday to 2.7 on Sunday.

The Clarke County death was of an 84-year-old male without a chronic condition, and the Jackson County death was of an 88-year-old female, also without a chronic condition.

The Northeast Health District added 45 new confirmed COVID-19 cases with release of the Daily Status Report, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped from 124.7 on Saturday to 120.4 on Sunday.

Jackson County did not add any new cases, but all of the other counties in the District did.

Oconee County added a single case, and Clarke County added 18.

In the last three week, the number of cases in the District has increased from 6,440 to 9,219, a 43.2 percent increase, and the number of reported deaths has increased from 134 to to 177, a 32.1 percent increase.

Area hospitals had 133 COVID-19 Patients on Sunday, according to data from the Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, up from 129 on Saturday, 26 Adult Ventilators In Use, down from 27, and 61 ICU Beds in Use, down from 62.

For more on the story, please go to Oconee County Observations.