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NE Health District Adds 14 COVID Deaths: 2 In Oconee, 4 In Clarke

The seven-day rolling average of added cases of COVID-19 in the District declined for fourth day in a row.

Posted Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 10:53 pm ET

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

State Health reports on Tuesday listed 14 COVID-19 deaths in the Northeast Health District.
Two of those deaths were in Oconee County and four were in Clarke County.
The seven-day rolling average of added confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the District dropped slightly on Tuesday.
The seven-day rolling average of added cases declined for the fourth day in a row in the 10-county Northeast Health District.
The rolling averages also fell in both Oconee and Clarke counties.
Area hospitals reported a decrease in COVID-19 patients.
The state reported administering 29,568 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, and 64.5 percent of the shipped vaccines now have been injected.

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