NE Health District Adds 123 COVID-19 Cases, 74 In Clarke County

The Northeast Health District added 123 new COVID-19 cases in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Monday, with Clarke County accounting for the vast majority.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased to 148.9 on Monday from 137.1 on Sunday. The 10-county Northeast Health District is bucking the statewide trend of decreasing cases.

Each county in the Northeast Health District contributed to the increase in cases, but the 74 cases in Clarke County were 60.2 percent of the total. Oconee County added a single case, as did Morgan and Oglethorpe counties.

The Department of Public Health did not list any new COVID-19 deaths in the Northeast Health District on Monday, the second day in a row that the Daily Status did not contain a death in the District.

The Department of Community Health, however, listed two COVID-19 deaths at University Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Athens-Clarke County in its Monday Long-Term Care Facility Report, bringing to eight the number of deaths from the disease at that facility.

The Long-Term Care Facility Report on Monday also listed an additional 11 COVID-19 Positive Residents at a nursing home in Elbert County and an additional one COVID-19 Positive Staff at The Oaks Athens Skilled Nursing in Athens-Clarke County.

The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency on Monday reported that area hospitals had 101 COVID-19 patients, up from 100 on Sunday, 56 ICU Beds In Use, down from 58 on Sunday, and 27 ventilators in use, down from 29 on Sunday.

The Georgia Department of Revenue released its sales tax distributions on Monday showing the continuing negative impact of the pandemic on the local economy.

For more local reporting on the sales tax distributions and on local testing, and for state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.