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NE Health District Adds 16 COVID Deaths: 2 In Oconee, 3 in Clarke

Seven-day rolling average of added cases declines.

Posted Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 11:21 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..

The Northeast Health District added 16 confirmed deaths from COVID-19, the second highest number of deaths added on a single day.
The seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased to 7.4 deaths per day.
Oconee County added two deaths and Clarke County added three.
The seven-day rolling average of added cases declined after an increase on Monday.
Area hospitals reported a drop in the number of COVID-19 patients, ICU beds in use, and adult ventilators in use.
The Northeast Health District added 1,277 vaccinations on Tuesday.

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