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NE Health District COVID Cases Up; District Lags In Vaccinations

Area Hospitals report increases in COVID-19 patients, ICU beds in use, adult ventilators in use.

Posted Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:22 am ET

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

The Northeast Health District added 143 new cases of COVID-19, and the rolling average of added cases increased for the first time since Jan. 29.
The District added two confirmed COVID-19 deaths—of a 60-year-old in Barrow County and a 61-year-old in Greene County, both without a chronic condition—and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths declined slightly.
The District added one “probable death” from COVID-19—in Oconee County.
The rolling average of added cases increased in both Oconee and Clarke counties.
Newly released data show that the Northeast Health District is lagging the state in administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Area hospitals reported that the number of COVID-19 patients, the number of ICU beds in use, and the number of adult ventilators in use all increased.

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