Rolling Average COVID Cases Continues To Increase In NE District

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 283 new COVID-19 cases and six confirmed deaths from the disease.
• Two of the deaths were in Clarke County.
• The seven-day rolling average of added cases in the District increased, while the seven-day rolling average of added deaths declined.
• The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased in both Oconee and Clarke counties.
• North Oconee High School has reported nine positive COVID-19 tests since Friday; Oconee County High School has reported one.
• The University of Georgia reported a decrease in the number of positive tests for COVID-19.
• The number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals continued to decline.
• The number of administrations of the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines is enough to have reached 5.1 percent of the District’s population.

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