Health & Fitness
COVID-19 Cases Surge In Region And State
Despite the increases, rolling averages suggests some seveling of growth.
The Georgia Department of Public Health with its noon Daily Status Report on Tuesday listed 36 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in the 10-county Northeast Health District and one additional death–in Clarke County--attributable to the disease.
The increase of 36 cases was the largest increase since the 46 cases were added on Tuesday a week ago and the 36 were added on March 31, two weeks ago. The total number of cases in the region now stands at 355.
The added death in Clarke County was of a 76-year-old male without known underlying conditions.
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Clarke County added 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the 24-hour period ending at noon on Tuesday, and Oconee County added two.
The new data for the Northeast Health District parallel those for the state of Georgia.
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A computing of rolling or moving averages across a seven-day period–reflecting the bias or pattern in the data–suggests that, despite the increase, the growth in cases and deaths in the state may be leveling off or even showing a slight decline.
For more on this story, with charts summarizing the most recent Department of Public Health data, please go to Oconee County Observations.