Health & Fitness
NE Health District Adds Record 491 New COVID-19 Cases
Two deaths, one in Clarke County and one in Barrow County, also were listed in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report
The Department of Public Health reported 380 new cases of COVID-19 based on molecular tests and 111 based on antigen tests in the Northeast Health District on Thursday, setting a new record of single day added cases of the disease and a record seven-day rolling average of added cases.
Oconee County also set a new record seven-day rolling average of added cases of 23.7, up from 20.6 on Wednesday, and Clarke County’s seven-day rolling average of added cases fell just slightly from 69.4 on Wednesday to 69.3 on Thursday.
Oconee County added 38 cases (combined molecular and antigen) on Thursday, and Clarke County added 74 cases.
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The seven-day rolling average of added cases for the Northeast Health District increased to 363.6 on Thursday from 355.0 on Wednesday.
The Department of Public Health, in its Thursday Daily Status Report, listed two new deaths from the disease, one in Clarke County and the other in Barrow County.
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The Clarke County death was of an 85-year-old female with a chronic condition, while the Barrow County death was of a 65-year-old male without a chronic condition.
The seven-day rolling average of added deaths from the disease increased to 1.7 on Thursday from 1.6 on Wednesday.
The Department of Community Health, in its Long-Term Care Facilities report on Thursday, listed five new cases of COVID-19 among residents of the Northeast Health District’s 38 homes covered by its report and five cases among staff of those facilities.
Kevin J. Yancey, principal at Oconee County High School, sent a note to parents of children of the school Thursday afternoon about “an individual in our school who tested positive for COVID-19.”
It is at least the 21st such announcement since Oconee County Schools reported last Friday that the system had 15 Active COVID-19 Cases, the highest number it has ever reported. School ends on Friday, when the school system should release another status report.
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