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Oconee County Reports One COVID-19 Death, Clarke Reports Two

The seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped sharply.

Posted Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 11:08 pm ET

Below is a summary of COVID-19 data on Wednesday for Oconee and Clarke counties and for the entire 10-county Northeast Health District.

The Northeast Health District added six confirmed COVID-19 deaths and 103 new cases of the disease.
One of those deaths was in Oconee County, and two were in Clarke County.
The seven-day rolling average of added confirmed deaths was unchanged at 2.7 from the day before.
The seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped sharply to 115.0 from 140.7.
The seven-day rolling averages of added cases dropped in Oconee and Clarke counties.
Area hospitals reported no change in the number of COVID-19 patients.
Just slightly more doses of COVID-19 vaccinations (2,568) were administered in the Northeast Health District than the day before.

For details and for state comparisons, please click through to Oconee County Observations.