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NE Health District Adds 15 COVID-19 Deaths, Two In Clarke County

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths and cases declined on Saturday.

Posted Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 10:13 pm ET

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

The Northeast Health District added 15 new confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Saturday.
Two of those were in Clarke County, which has added five confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the last three days.
The Northeast Health District had added 19 confirmed COVID-19 deaths last Saturday, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths declined to 8.6 on Saturday from 9.1 on Friday.
The Distract added 221 cases of COVID-19, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases declined for the eighth day in a row.
The Department of Public Health reported the administration of an additional 24,565 doses of COVID-19 vaccine across the state.
With Saturday’s report, 73.8 percent of the vaccines shipped to the state has been administered.

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