NE District Adds Three COVID-19 Deaths, One In Clarke County

The Northeast Health District of the Department of Public Health added three COVID-19 deaths and 136 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday with the release of the Daily Status Report.

Clarke County had its 18th COVID-19 death, of a 62-year-old male without a known chronic condition.

Walton County, which had added two deaths on Wednesday, added two more on Thursday, bringing its total to 39, the most of any of the 10 counties in the District.

The newly recorded Walton County deaths were of a 79-year-old male with a chronic condition and of an 83-year old male without a known chronic condition.

The seven-day average of added deaths in the 10-county Northeast Health District increased to 1.4 from 1.0 on Wednesday.

The 136 new COVID-19 cases were spread throughout the District, with each county adding at last three. Oconee County added five cases and Clarke County added 31.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases declined from 1.589 on Wednesday to 153.6, and the Northeast Health District now is reflecting the pattern for the state as a whole, which has seen a plateauing of cases.

The Department of Community Health Long-Term Care Facility Report on Thursday listed one additional COVID-19 Positive Staff at Avery Place personal care home in Winterville in Clarke County and five additional COVID-19 Positive Staff at Savannah Court of Lake Oconee personal care home in Greene County.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported that area hospitals had five Critical Care Beds available. Hospitals have a deadline of noon each day to file their reports on bed usage.

The five beds available follow reports of two Critical Care available on Wednesday and one Critical Care Bed available on Tuesday.

Available Critical Care Beds have been five or fewer eight of the last 11 days.

For a summary of state data on COVID-19 for Thursday and charts summarizing state and local data, please go to Oconee County Observations.