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Rolling Average Of Added COVID Cases Drops For Fourth Day In Row

The Daily Status Report listed no new deaths from the virus in the Northeast Health District

Posted Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 6:24 pm ET

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

The Northeast Health District added 325 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped for the fourth day in a row.
The Northeast Health District did not add any new deaths from the disease in the Sunday Department of Public Health report.
Oconee County added 22 cases and Clarke County added 57, and seven-day rolling averages of added cases in both counties declined.
Oconee County Schools reported at least two new cases, bringing to six at a minimum the number of added cases since the school report on Friday.
The number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals dropped by five on Sunday, the number of ICU beds in use dropped by two, and the number of adult ventilators in use increased by five.

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