Health & Fitness
Oconee Adds 2 New COVID-19 Cases, Clarke 1; State Growth Slows
The noon Daily Status Report from the Georgia Department of Public Health suggests slowing of growth regionally and statewide.
Georgia’s Northeast Health District, which includes Oconee and Clarke counties, added 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with the noon Daily Status Report of the Department of Public Health on Sunday.
Those 11 cases are up from seven added in the noon Daily Status Report on Saturday but down dramatically from the 27 added on Friday and the 46 added on April 7. Included are two new cases in Oconee County and one in Clarke County.
The Northeast Health District added no new deaths on Sunday as a result of COVID-19.
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The generally positive trends for the Northeast Region parallel those for the state as a whole.
The number of new cases added at noon on Sunday in Georgia was the smallest added on a daily basis going back to March 30.
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The state reported only five new deaths attributed to the Novel Coronavirus with the noon Sunday Daily Status Report, the smallest number added on a daily basis going back to March 28.
The new data suggest a smoothing and possible flattening of the curve for the disease in the state.
For more on the story, with charts showing the trends locally and statewide, please go to Oconee County Observations.