NE Health District Adds Four COVID-19 Deaths, 73 Confirmed Cases

The Northeast Health District added four COVID-19 deaths and 73 confirmed cases of the disease with the release of the Daily Status Report by the Department of Public Health on Saturday.

The 10-county District had added four deaths on Saturday of last week, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths remained unchanged at 1.7.

The 73 added cases compared with 108 on last Saturday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped to 81.9 on Saturday from 86.9 on Friday. The rolling average had increased the last three days before Saturday’s report.

Three of the deaths were in Barrow County. One was a 72-year-old male with a chronic condition, and another was a 72-year-old female without a known chronic condition. The third was of a 76-year-old male with a chronic condition.

The fourth death was of an 83-year-female with a chronic condition in Jackson County.

Eight of the 10 counties in the Northeast Health District added cases, with Oconee County adding five cases and Clarke County adding 16. The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased in Oconee County on Saturday but dropped in Clarke County.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Saturday the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (58) was down from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (65) increased from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (33) increased from the day before.

The seven-day rolling average of test positivity reported on Saturday for Thursday was 4.8 percent in Oconee County, when 28 tests were logged.

That same figure for Clarke County was 5.9 percent, based on 298 cases.

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