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NE Health District Adds Three COVID-19 Deaths, Two In Oconee
The Oconee County deaths and one in Jackson County push up the seven-day rolling average of added deaths to 1.9 from 1.6 on Saturday.
The Northeast Health District added 112 COVID-19 cases on Sunday and three COVID-19 deaths, two of them in Oconee County. The seven-day rolling averages of cases and deaths increased slightly from Saturday.
The two Oconee County deaths were of a 65-year-old female without a chronic condition and of an 89-year-old male, also without a chronic condition.
The deaths bring to 24 the number attributed to COVID-19 in the county and to four the number added since the first of the month. The average age of the four most recent deaths is 67.5, and only one of those had a chronic condition. Three of the four were women, and all were White.
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The third death was in Jackson County and was of a 78-year-old female without a chronic condition. Jackson County now has 28 deaths from the virus.
The seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased from 1.6 deaths on Saturday to 1.9 on Sunday.
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With the addition of the 112 new COVID-19 confirmed cases in the Northeast Health District, the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased slightly from 168.4 on Saturday to 169.0 on Sunday.
Oconee County added eight cases, and Clarke County added 73. All of the counties in the district except Greene and Oglethorpe added cases.
The Department of Public Health reported that 11.5 percent of the molecular tests added in Oconee County on Sunday were positive, and the seven-day rolling average of the percentage of positive tests dropped to 5.7 on Sunday from 5.9 on Saturday. Last Sunday, 12.7 percent of the tests were positive.
The Department of Public Health reported that 9.5 percent of the molecular tests added in Clarke County on Sunday were positive, and the seven-day rolling average of the percentage of positive tests dropped from 10.7 on Saturday to 9.1 on Sunday.
The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency on Sunday reported that area hospitals had 72 COVID-19 patients, up from 69 on Saturday, 67 ICU Beds In Use out of a capacity of 70, the same as on Saturday, and 27 ventilators in use, down from 32 on Saturday.
For state data and charts summarizing local and state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.