NE Health District Adds 110 COVID Cases; Rolling Average Up

The Northeast Health District added 110 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, pushing up the seven-day rolling average of added cases, consistent with the overall trend in the state.

The District added one death, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths remained unchanged at 1.6 deaths per day. The rolling average of added deaths increased at the state level.

The local death was of a 42-year-old male in Barrow County without a known chronic condition. The death was the 52nd in Barrow County. The District now has 311 deaths attributed to the disease.

Every county in the 10-county Northeast Health District added cases except Morgan, which lost a case. Oconee County added five cases and Clarke County added 24. In both counties, the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases in the District increased to 88.9 on Tuesday from 82.3 on Monday.

The Department of Community Health, in its Tuesday Long-Term Care Facility Report, listed two additional COVID Positive Residents at the 38 long-term care facilities in the Northeast Health District covered by the report and four additional COVID Positive Staff.

The two additional positive residents are at Hill Haven Nursing Home in Jackson County, as are three of the positive staff.

The fourth additional staff member is at Great Oaks personal care home in Walton County.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Tuesday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (62) increased by three from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (58) decreased by four from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (35) increased by five from the day before.

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