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NE Health District Rolling Averages COVID-19 Deaths, Cases Up

Clarke County added three confirmed COVID-19 deaths and has added six in the last three days.

Posted Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 10:36 pm ET

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

The Northeast Health District added 11 confirmed COVID-19 Deaths and 178 new cases of the disease.
The seven-day rolling average of added deaths and of added cases increased.
Clarke County added three confirmed COVID-19 deaths after adding two deaths on Tuesday and one on Monday.
The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased in both Oconee and Clarke counties.
The University of Georgia reported a large drop in the number of positive tests in its Wednesday update on COVID-19.
Wednesday was the first day since Nov. 30 when area hospitals reported fewer than 100 COVID-19 patients.

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