NE Health District Adds Fewest COVID-19 Cases In More Than Week

The Northeast Health District added 67 new COVID-19 cases with the release of the Daily Status Report on Monday, the smallest number since the 10-county District added 50 cases on July 12.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped to 120.7 from 129.1 on Sunday.

The 67 new cases were spread around the District. Oconee County added five cases and Clarke County added 17.

The Department of Public Health listed one new Northeast Health District death attributed to COVID-19 in the Monday Daily Status Report, of a 63-year-old female in Oglethorpe County without a known chronic condition.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths, based on the Daily Status Report listing, remained unchanged at 1.0

The Department of Health did not include two Clarke County COVID-19 deaths listed in the Monday Department of Community Health Long-Term Care Facility Report. Both deaths were at the Pruitt Health Athens Heritage nursing home, 960 Hawthorne Avenue.

In addition, at least eight deaths listed by the Department of Community Health since June 29 in a Jackson County nursing home have never been listed in the Daily Status Report.

The Department of Community Health report also listed on Monday six new COVID-19 Positive Staff at facilities in Greene and Oglethorpe counties.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency on Monday listed seven Critical Care Beds available at area hospitals, up from five on Sunday.

Oconee County School Superintendent Jason Branch announced on Monday that the county’s schools will go forward with plans to reopen schools on Aug. 5, without a requirement that a mask be worn, and with the understanding that the schools will remain open even if COVID-19 is discovered at the schools.

For more on Oconee County Schools plus state COVID-19 data, please go to Oconee County Observations.