Health & Fitness
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Increase In Region And State
The Department of Labor released some good news: unemployment rates declined in May from April.
The state added 2,207 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with Monday’s release of the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, the second largest number of new cases ever added.
The 10-county Northeast Health District added 28 cases, including two in Oconee County and five in Clarke County.
The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased in the state to 1,927.0 and in the Northeast Health District to 42.9, both new record highs.
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The number of Confirmed COVID-19 Hospitalizations increased by 123 in the Monday Situation Report COVID-19 released by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA).
That was the largest increase going back to May 1, when GEMA began releasing the hospitalization data, and brought the total to 1,359 beds in use.
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GEMA also reported that ventilator use increased by 30 in the state and that the number of Critical Care Beds in use in area hospitals increased by five. The number of Critical Care Beds available in the area dropped to 13, out of the total capacity of 70.
For data on deaths from COVID-19, on long-term care facility infection rates, and on unemployment rates, please go to Oconee County Observations.