Elbert And Jackson Counties Add COVID-19 Deaths In State Report

The Northeast Health District added two deaths from COVID-19 and 82 new confirmed cases of the disease with the release of the Daily Status Report of the Department of Public Health on Wednesday.

One of the deaths was in Elbert County and was of a male with no chronic condition who was listed as 90 plus in age. He is the ninth death in Elbert County listed in the Daily Status Report.

The other death was in Jackson County and was of a 34-year-old female without a known chronic condition. She is the 41st death from COVID-19 in that county.

The Northeast District as a whole now has 302 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the Daily Status Report. With the addition of the two deaths, the seven-day rolling average of added deaths from the disease increased to 1.7 from 1.4 on Tuesday.

Every county in the Northeast Health District added at least two cases on Wednesday. Oconee County added four and Clarke County added 19. The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased slightly in Oconee County on Wednesday and decreased slightly in Clarke County.

The University of Georgia reported on Wednesday a continuing decline in the number of positive COVID-19 tests.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Wednesday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (58) decreased by five from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (65) was the same as the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (25) increased by one from the day before.

The Department of Community Health, in its Long-Term Care Facility Report for Wednesday, listed nine new COVID-19 positive residents and two new COVID-19 positive staff at Northeast Health District long-term care facilities.

For more local reporting, for state data, and for charts summarizing local and state data, please click through to Oconee County Observations.