Clarke County Adds Three COVID-19 Deaths In Two State Reports

The Department of Public Health reported three COVID-19 Deaths in the 10-County Northeast Health District in its Daily Status Report on Friday, including two in Clarke County.

The Department of Community Health also reported a death attributed to COVID-19 at an Athens-Clarke County Nursing Home.

The Clarke County deaths in the Daily Status Report were of a 70-year-old male without a known chronic condition and of a female aged 90 or more also without a known chronic condition.

The third death in the Daily Status Report in the District was of a 67-year-old female in Walton County, also without a known chronic condition.

The death listed in the Department of Community Health Long-Term Care Facility Report on Friday was at University Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, which has reported five deaths this week at the nursing home.

The Northeast Health District added 156 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped to 130.6 on Friday from 139.3 on Thursday.

Every county in the District added at least five cases, the number added in Oconee County. Clarke County added 43 cases.

The Long-Term Care Facility Report listed one new COVID-19 positive resident at University Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Athens-Clarke county and two new positive residents at High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation in New High Shoals in Oconee County.

The Long-Term Care Facility report also lists one new COVID-19 Positive Staff member at University Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and one new COVID-19 Positive Staff at High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation.

Oconee County Schools has reported four “Active COVID-19 Cases” as of 4 p.m. on Friday, after eight days of school.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported as of noon on Friday that area hospitals had 10 Critical Care Beds available, up from six on Thursday.

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