COVID-19 Cases Soar In State And In Northeast Health District

The number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases continued to soar on Sunday, with the state and the 10-county Northeast Health District setting new records.

Across the state, 2,225 new cases were recorded in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, the first time that the number of cases has increased by more than 2,000 in a 24-hour period.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases jumped to 1,787.0, an unprecedented statistic more than double the high of 857.3 set on April 13 before cases began to decline.

Testing has ramped up greatly since April 13, but testing clearly does not explain the new numbers, as the percentage of positive cases from the tests designed to confirm the virus have increased greatly as well.

In the 10-county Northeast Health District, the number of cases added was 20, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased to 42.6, a new record. The previous high had been on Saturday.

Oconee County did not add any new cases with the release of the Daily Status Report on Sunday, but Clarke County added four cases.

For information on deaths and hospitalizations attributed to COVID-19 and for charts summarizing the data, please go to Oconee County Observations.