NE Health District Adds 207 COVID-19 Cases And Three Deaths

The Northeast Health District added 207 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the disease in the Department of Public Health’s Daily Status Report on Wednesday.

The new cases pushed the seven-day rolling average of added cases up to 219.4 on Wednesday from 216.9 on Tuesday. The seven-day rolling average of added deaths remained unchanged at 2.0 deaths per day.

Every county in the 10-county District added COVID-19 cases on Wednesday except Greene. Oconee County added three cases and Clarke County added more than half of the new cases with 115.

The University of Georgia reported on Wednesday that, during the week of Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, it had recorded 714 COVID-19 positive tests locally among its students, faculty and staff and another 703 positive verdicts from unspecified but non-local tests.

For the previous seven-day period, Aug. 24 to 30, it had recorded 430 positive verdicts from local tests and 489 from non-local tests.

The deaths reported in the Department of Public Health Daily Status report were of a 59-year-old male in Barrow County with a chronic condition, of a 72-year-old male in Barrow County with a chronic condition, and of a 75-year-old female in Walton County without a chronic condition.

The Department of Community Health, in its Long-Term Care Facility Report, also reported a death at Pruitthealth–Spring Valley nursing home in Elbert County.

The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday reported that area hospitals had 78 COVID-19 patients, down from 89 on Tuesday, 63 ICU Beds In Use out of a capacity of 70, down from 65 on Tuesday, and 29 ventilators in use, down from 33 on Tuesday.

For additional local reporting and for state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.