Oconee, Clarke Add COVID Deaths; Schools List 13 Active Cases

For the second day in a row, the Daily Status Report of the Department of Public Health on Friday listed a death in both Oconee and Clarke counties, and, for the second day in a row, listed four deaths in the 10-county Northeast Health District that includes those two counties.

Also on Friday, Oconee County Schools listed 13 Active COVID-19 Cases among students and staff at the schools, up from four Active Cases a week earlier, and 100 Active Quarantines Due To Close Contact, up from eight on Friday of last week.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased on Friday to 2.7 from 2.6 on Thursday, and the 10-county district has added at least one death in each of the last eight days.

The District added 151 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases decreased from 124.3 on Thursday to 123.6 on Friday.

Every county in the Distract added cases, with Oconee County adding eight and Clarke County adding 44.

The Department of Public Health does not release number of tests for COVID-19 at the regional level, but, at the state level, molecular testing has dropped in the last 10 day.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency on Friday reported that area hospitals had four Critical Care Beds available, the same number as the day before, 135 COVID-19 Patients, up from 132 on Thursday, and 27 ventilators in use, down from 33 on Thursday.

For more information on COVID-19 at the local and state level and for charts showing key data points, please go to Oconee County Observations.