Oconee, Elbert And Walton Counties Add COVID-19 Deaths On Friday

The Northeast Health District added four COVID-19 deaths–including one in Oconee County--with the release of the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Friday.

The Daily Status Report also added 114 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and the seven-day rolling averages of both deaths and cases increased on Friday.

The Oconee County death was of a male identified as 90 plus in age with a chronic condition. Oconee County now has 27 deaths from the disease.

The other deaths were of a 75-year-old male in Elbert County without a chronic condition, of a 72-year-old male in Walton County without a known chronic condition, and of a 77-year-old male in Walton County with a chronic condition.

The Daily Status report also removed a death recorded on Aug. 19 of a 71-year-old female with a chronic condition in Jackson County.

With the net addition of three deaths, the seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased to 1.7 on Friday from 1.4 on Thursday.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases on Friday increased to 77.9 from 74.6 on Thursday with the addition of the 114 new cases.

Those cases were spread across the 10-county District, with every county adding at least one case. Oconee County added three cases and Clarke County added 36.

Oconee County Schools reported on Friday four Active COVID-19 Cases in the system’s schools, down from six a week earlier, and 56 Active Quarantines Due to Close Contact, down from 112 a week earlier.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Friday that area hospitals had 52 COVID-19 patients, down from 60 on Thursday, 61 ICU beds in use out of a capacity of 70, down from 64 on Thursday, and 30 adult ventilators in use, up from 29 on Thursday.

For additional reporting on local data, including on conflicts in the COVID-19 death reports for the Northeast Health District, and for state data, please click through to Oconee County Observations.