NE Health District Adds 217 COVID-19 Cases, Second Highest Ever

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported on Friday that the Northeast Health District added 217 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the second largest number of added cases in any single day.

Every county in the 10-county District added at least four cases. Oconee County added 11 cases and Clarke County added 74.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased from 153.6 on Thursday to 155.0 on Friday, still short of the record 160.4 seven-day average of cases recorded on Sunday.

The Department of Public Health reported two new deaths from COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District with release of the Daily Status Report on Friday.

One of the deaths was an 87-year-old female in Greene County with a known chronic condition and the other was a male in Jackson County with a known chronic condition whose age was listed as 90 plus.

The seven-day average of added deaths in the District actually dropped from 1.4 on Thursday to 1.3 on Friday because the District had added three deaths on Friday a week ago.

The Department of Community Health Reported on Friday 11 new COVID-19 Positive Staff at the Northeast Health District’s 33 long-term care facilities with the disease among their residents and/or staff.

The report listed five new COVID-19 Positive Residents at a nursing home in Greene County.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported on Friday that the number of available Critical Care Beds at area hospitals had dropped from five to four. Hospitals are to report their bed use by noon on the day of the report.

For more on this story, with charts summarizing state and local data, please go toOconee County Observations.