NE Health District Adds 100 COVID Cases, Including 13 in Oconee

The Northeast Health District added 100 new COVID-19 cases with the release of the Daily Status Report of the Department of Public Health on Thursday.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases in the 10-county District increased to 90.6, the highest average recorded to date.

Clarke County added 37 cases, and Oconee County added 13. Each of the remaining counties in the District added at least one case.

The Department of Public Health did not list any new deaths in the 10-County Northeast Health District with release of the Daily Status Report on Thursday, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths remained unchanged at 0.1.

The Department of Community Health, however, listed another death in the District in its Long-Term Care Facility Report on Thursday.

The newly recorded death was at Northridge Health and Rehabilitation in Commerce in Jackson County. Jackson County is part of the 10-county Northeast Health District.

The Department of Community Health had reported two deaths at the Jackson County nursing home on July 7, and the total number of deaths at the facility is eight. The Thursday report lists 107 residents at the nursing home.

Northridge also had reported a death in the Long-Term Care Facility Report on June 30.

None of these four deaths have appeared in the Daily Status Report of the Department or Public Health, a separate agency from the Department of Community Health.

For more on the story, please go to Oconee County Observations. Included with the post are charts summarizing key trends for COVID-19 in the region and state.