Northeast Health District Adds 12 COVID-19 Cases On Monday

The Northeast Health District added 12 cases of confirmed COVID-19 with the noon Daily Status Report on Monday, with all of the six counties in the region that lost cases in the noon Daily Status Report on Sunday adding cases on Monday.

Clarke, Jackson, and Oglethorpe counties added the same number of cases on Monday as they had lost on Sunday. Oconee County had lost two cases on Sunday and added three on Monday, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 56.

Barrow County added a death, with the passing of an 84-year-old female with known underlying conditions. That brings the total number of deaths in Barrow County to four and the region to 26.

The rolling seven-day average of confirmed COVID-19 cases added in the 10-county Northeast Health District on Monday is 20.6, compared with 20.7 on Sunday.

Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry released data on Monday provided to the county’s 911 Center, which is under his control, indicating that the Department of Public Health considers 14 of Oconee County’s 56 cases to be active.

The noon Monday Daily Status report added 372 cases across Georgia, down from 706 on Sunday. The seven day rolling average of added cases is 689.4, down from 728.6 on Sunday.

The state added 30 deaths, up from eight on Sunday, but the seven-day rolling average dropped from 32.1 to 29.9.

A group of area government leaders issued a letter on Sunday indicating that local hospitals are managing the demand well and urging citizens to “continue to social distance.”

Watkinsville Mayor Bob Smith, who did not join the other leaders in the Sunday letter, on Friday told residents of Watkinsville to “resume” their lives including assembling “to worship.”

For more on the story, with charts summarizing the data released on Monday, please go to Oconee County Observations.