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NE Health District Adds Only 194 New COVID Cases, No New Deaths

Oconee County had an increase in the seven-day rolling average of added cases, but Clarke County had a decline.

Posted Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 7:48 pm ET

Below is a summary of COVID-19 data on Sunday for Oconee and Clarke counties and for the entire 10-county Northeast Health District.

The Northeast Health District added only 194 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and no new deaths from the disease.
The seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths remained unchanged.
Oconee County added 16 cases, and the seven-day rolling average increased to an even 20 cases per day.
Clarke County added 43 cases, and the seven-day rolling average decreased just slightly to an even 77 cases per day.
Area hospitals reported a drop in COVID-19 patients but increases in ICU beds in use and adult ventilators in use.
The state reported on Sunday administering just fewer than 10,000 additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.

For details and for state comparisons, please click through to Oconee County Observations.