Oconee Schools Report Increases In COVID-19 Cases, Quarantines

The Department of Public Health listed 91 new COVID-19 cases and one death from the disease in the Northeast Health District in the Daily Status Report on Friday, and the seven-day rolling averages of cases and deaths in the District remained largely unchanged.

The death was of a male in Walton County with a chronic condition aged 90 plus, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths in the Daily Status Report was 1.7, the same as on Thursday.

The Department of Community Health also reported one death in its Friday Long-Term Care Facility Report–at PruittHealth Spring Valley nursing home in Elbert County.

With the addition of the 91 new COVID-19 cases in the Daily Status Report, the seven-day rolling average of added cases was 79.0 on Friday. That figure was 79.9 on Thursday.

Oconee County did not add any new cases with the release of the Daily Status Report on Friday, but Clarke County added 40 cases.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Friday that area hospitals had 60 COVID-19 patients, down from 62 on Thursday, 66 ICU beds in use out of a capacity of 70, up from 65 on Thursday, and 33 adult ventilators in use, up from 32 on Thursday.

Oconee County Schools reported on Friday that it has six Active COVID-19 cases at the end of the school week and 112 Active Quarantines Due to Close Contact. A week earlier, the school system reported three Active COVID-19 cases and 33 Active Quarantines.

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