Clarke County Adds Record Number Of COVID-19 Cases

Led by the addition of COVID-19 cases in Clarke County, the seven-day rolling average of added cases in the 10-county Northeast Health District increased to 184.1 on Thursday from 165.4 the day before.

The Department of Public Health Daily Status Report listed 173 new cases of the disease in Clarke County, the largest single-day increase ever recorded in the county. The earlier record had been 154 new cases on Tuesday.

Every county in the District added cases, with Oconee County adding seven, and the seven-day rolling average of 184.1 is a new record for the District.

The district also added two deaths, one in Clarke County and the other in Greene County, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths dropped from 2.9 on Wednesday to 2.6 on Thursday. The District had added four deaths a week ago.

The Clarke County death was of a 58-year-old male with no chronic condition. The Greene County death was of an 82-year-old female without a known chronic condition.

The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency on Thursday reported that area hospitals had 78 COVID-19 patients, down from 82 on Wednesday, 63 ICU Beds In Use, the same as on Wednesday, and 35 ventilators in use, up from 31 on Wednesday.

The Department of Community Health listed 17 new COVID-19 positive residents in the Northeast Health District in its Long-Term Care Facility Report on Thursday.

That report also listed nine new COVID-19 Positive Staff at the area’s 34 long-term care facilities with COVID-19 cases.

For more local reporting, and for state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.