NE Health District Sets New COVID-19 Record As State Cases Soar

The state of Georgia set a new record on Wednesday with the addition of 2,946 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 108 of those in the 10-county Northeast Health District.

The new cases in the state pushed the seven-day rolling average of added cases to 2,122.3, and the new cases in the 10-county Northeast Health District resulted in a seven-day rolling average of 61.1.

The previous highs in both cases had been achieved a day earlier, as the number of cases both across the state and locally is reaching levels far surpassing those reached in April when the state was under social distancing requirements and business restrictions due to the pandemic.

While testing has increased, it is now clear that the rapid growth in new cases over the last week is not the result of the modest growth in testing.

In the 10-county Northeast Health District, the largest growth in new cases was in Clarke County, which added 43 new confirmed cases on Wednesday.

Oconee County added five cases, Barrow added nine, Walton added 18 and Jackson added 20.

Only Morgan and Greene counties in the Northeast Health District did not add cases on Wednesday.

Clarke County has added 155 cases in the last seven days. Oconee County has added 21.

For more details on the state COVID-19 reports from Wednesday, please go to Oconee County Observations.