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NE Health District Adds 10 COVID Deaths; Oconee School Cases Up

The Northeast Health District has added 37 confirmed COVID-19 deaths since Sunday. Oconee County School reported 40 Active Cases of COVID.

Posted Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:13 pm ET

Below is a summary of COVID-19 data on Thursday for Oconee and Clarke counties and for the entire 10-county Northeast Health District.

The Northeast Health District added 10 new confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Friday, bringing to 37 the number added since Sunday.
Long-term care facilities in the District reported an additional four deaths and have added 20 deaths since Sunday.
The Northeast District added 630 new COVID-19 cases, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases declined to 117.9.
Oconee County added 46 cases and Clarke County added 114.
Oconee County Schools reported 40 Active COVID-19 Cases, and 225 Active Quarantines Due To Close Contact. Both are new records.
The number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals has dropped each of the last three days.

For details and for state comparisons, please click through to Oconee County Observations.