NE Health District Adds 2 COVID-19 Deaths, 102 New Cases

The Northeast Health District had two new deaths from COVID-19 listed in the Daily Status Report of the Department of Public Health on Wednesday and 102 new confirmed cases of the disease, resulting in small crops in the seven-day rolling averages of both deaths and cases.

The deaths were of a 64-year-old male in Jackson County with a chronic condition and of a 77-year-old female in Madison County without a known chronic condition.

The seven-day rolling average of the deaths in the District dropped to 2.0 from 2.3 on Tuesday.

The 102 cases were spread around the 10-county district, with every county adding at least two cases. Oconee County added five cases and Clarke County added 36.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped from 83.3 on Tuesday to 82.7 on Wednesday.

The University of Georgia reported 92 positive tests for COVID-19 in the Oct. 5 to Oct. 11 time period of reporting, up from 68 a week earlier. Fifty-three of those cases were local, up from 35 a week earlier.

The University also reported that the positivity rate for Surveillance Tests at its Legion field facility increased just slightly from 1.2 in Week 4 to 1.4 in Week 5.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Wednesday the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (51) was the same as the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (63) decreased from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (30) increased from the day before.

For more on this story, with state data and charts, pleases go to Oconee County Observations.