Oconee, Clarke, NE Health COVID Cases Increase; Two Deaths Added

Seven-day rolling averages of added COVID-19 cases increased in Oconee and Clarke counties and in the 10-county Northeast Health District as a whole on Wednesday with the release of the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report.

The Northeast Health District also added two deaths attributed to the disease in the Daily Status Report.

Oconee County added 44 new COVID-19 cases, and Clarke County added 95, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases in Oconee increased from 34.3 on Tuesday to 37.7 on Wednesday while the seven-day rolling average in Clarke County increased from 67.1 on Tuesday to 68.7 on Wednesday.

The Northeast Health District as a whole added 462 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, and the seven-day rolling average increased from 394.7 cases on Tuesday to 405.0 on Wednesday.

The two deaths listed in the Daily Status Report were of an 85-year-old female in Jackson County without a chronic condition and of a 77-year-old male in Morgan County, also without a chronic condition.

The 10-county Northeast Health District now has 388 deaths listed in the Daily Status Report, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths was 1.9 on Wednesday, down from 2.0 on Tuesday.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Wednesday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (186) decreased by one from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (67) was unchanged from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (42) increased by eight from the day before.

The University of Georgia, in its COVID-19 Health and Exposure Update on Wednesday, reported 78 COVID-19 Positive Tests in Athens-Clarke County from Dec. 14 to Dec. 10, down from 109 a week earlier, and a total of 134 Positive Tests overall, down from 156 the week earlier.

For additional local reporting and for state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.