COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, Hospitalizations Drop In Health District

The Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Tuesday reported 164 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death attributed to the disease in the 10-county Northeast Health District.

The Daily Status Report a week ago had added 179 COVID-19 cases and two deaths, so the seven-day rolling average of added cases in the District dropped from 122.1 on Monday to 120.0 on Tuesday and the seven-day rolling average of deaths dropped from 2.1 on Monday to 2.0.

The death was of a 74-year-old male from Jackson County without a chronic condition.

All counties in the District added COVID-19 cases, with Oconee and Oglethorpe counties each adding a single case and Clarke County adding 41.

The Department of Public Health for the first time Tuesday released data on Current Confirmed COVID Hospitalizations and Ventilator Use at a regional level, and the Hospital Region made up of the 10 counties in the Northeast Health District plus Franklin and Hart counties saw drops in both measures.

On Tuesday, the Region had 125 Confirmed COVID-19 Hospitalizations, down from 128 on Monday, and 29 Adult Ventilators In Use, down from 32 on Monday.

The Region had five critical care beds available out of a capacity of 70 beds, and that figure was down from nine on Monday.

The Department of Community Health reported four COVID-19 deaths at a nursing home in Madison County, two new COVID-19 Positive Staff at a personal care home in Greene County, and three additional COVID-19 Positive Residents at a nursing home and at a personal care home in Walton County.

For statewide data and charts summarizing both regional and state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.