NE Health District Rolling Average Of COVID-19 Cases Increases

The seven-day rolling average of new cases of COVID-19 in the 10-county Northeast Health District increased on Monday with the addition of 33 new confirmed cases of the disease.

Only Morgan and Madison counties did not add cases in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report released at 3 p.m. on Monday.

Oconee County added two new cases, and Clarke County added four.

The seven-day rolling average of cases added increased from 24.1 cases per day on Sunday to 26.3 on Monday.

The Department of Public Health Daily Status Report also added one death in the Northeast Health District attributed to COVID-19 on Monday, of a 67-year-old male in Walton County without chronic conditions.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths per day in the Northeast Health District dropped from 2.4 on Sunday to 2.3 on Monday.

The Department of Community Health on Monday, in its Long-Term Care Facility Report, listed four new deaths of residents of long-term care facilities in the Northeast Health District. The last Department of Community Health report had been on Friday.

During that same period, the Daily Status Report listed only one additional death. The state makes no effort to explain the differences in these two reports, and discrepancies have been common.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency on Monday listed 26 Critical Care Beds available at area hospitals, the same number as on Sunday.

Oconee County Schools announced at the Board of Education meeting on Monday that the substitute In-Person High School Graduation ceremonies planned for June have been postponed to July because of the uncertainty caused by COVID-19.

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