NE Health District Adds 162 COVID-19 Cases But No Deaths

The Northeast Health District added 162 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases held steady at 133.9

The Department of Public Health reported no new deaths in the 10-county Northeast Health District, and the seven day rolling average of added deaths dropped to 0.9.

The Department of Community Affairs, in its Long-Term Care Facility Report released late on Friday evening, removed the COVID-19 death reported on Thursday at St. Gabriel of Athens personal care home, 2040 Resurgence Drive off Virgil Langford Road in Oconee County.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported a sharp rebound in the number of Critical Care Beds available at area hospitals, to 11 out of 70 possible. That number had been zero on Friday.

The 162 new COVID-19 cases added in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report were spread across the 10-county Northest Health District, with every county except Oglethorpe adding cases.

Oconee County added 12 cases, and Clarke County added 43.

The Department of Community Affairs listed two additional COVID-19 Positive Staff at the 30 long-term care facilities in the 10-county Northeast Health District on its list, both at University Nursing and Rehab Center on Epps Bridge Road in Athens-Clarke County.

That facility now has reported 12 COVID Positive Staff and 12 COVID Positive Residents, but no COVID-19 deaths. At present, the facility is listed as having 94 residents.

For new information about how the Department of Community Health gathers data for its report and details about COVID-19 cases and deaths across the state on Saturday, please go to Oconee County Observations.