Fifteen New COVID-19 Cases Added In Northeast Health District

Clarke County added four cases of COVID-19 in the Daily Status Report released by the Department of Public Health at 1 p.m. on Sunday, and the whole 10-county Northeast Health District added 15 cases.

The seven-day rolling average of cases added in the District increased from 22.9 cases per day on Saturday to 25.3 on Sunday. Oconee County did not add any new cases on Sunday, and its total stands at 103 cases since the state began monitoring the disease back in March.

No new COVID-19 deaths were added in the Northeast Health District in the 24-hour-period ending at 1 p.m. on Sunday, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths attributed to the disease remained 1.6

The Department of Community Health did not release a new Long-Term Care Facility report on Saturday.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency Situation Report on Saturday listed 24 Critical Care Hospital beds available at area hospitals, up from 19 on Friday.

Across the state, the number of COVID-19 cases increased by 706 on Sunday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased from 712.1 on Saturday to 775.3 on Sunday.

The Daily Status Report listed 13 new deaths in Georgia attributed to COVID-19 on Sunday, and the seven-day rolling average of deaths per day on Sunday was 31.1, down from 31.3 on Saturday.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped from 889 on Friday to 848 on Sunday and that the number of available ventilators increased by 22.

An examination of the Department of Public Health data on deaths attributed to the disease indicates that deaths clearly have declined from a peak on April 21 and 22 but have now leveled out with little indication of further decline on the horizon.

For more on the story, with charts showing data for the Northeast Health District and the state, please go to Oconee County Observations.