Health & Fitness
Northeast Health District Adds Five COVID Deaths In State Reports
The 107 new confirmed cases pushed the seven-day rolling average up for the seventh day in a row.
The Department of Public Health and the Department of Community Health reported five deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District on Monday, two of them in Clarke County.
The Department of Public Health also reported 107 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the 10-county Northeast Health District, pushing up the seven-day rolling average of added cases to 131.7 from 121.1 on Sunday. That rolling average has now increased each of the last seven days.
Area hospitals reported strain from the progression of the disease.
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The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Monday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (84) increased by five from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (66) increased by three from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (29) increased by two from the day before.
The death in Clarke County listed in the Department of Public Health Daily Status report was of a 68-year-old female without a chronic condition.
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The Clarke County death listed in the Department of Community Health Long-Term Care Facility Report on Monday was at PruittHealth–Grandview nursing home and is the 13th COVID-19 death reported at that facility.
The seven-day rolling average of added confirmed deaths in the Daily Status Report increased to 1.4 on Monday from 1.3 on Sunday.
Each of the counties in the Northeast Health District added confirmed cases based on molecular tests in the Daily Status Report, with Oconee County adding seven cases and Clarke County adding 28. In both counties, the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased.
The Long-Term Care Facility Report listed 13 new cases of COVID-19 among staff of area long-term care homes.
Three of the new staff cases were in Oconee County, and three were in Clarke County.
The seven-day rolling average of positive rates for molecular tests conducted for Oconee County and Clarke County residents dropped on Friday compared with a week earlier.
For more local reporting and for state data, please click through to Oconee County Observations.