Rolling Average Of New COVID Cases In NE Health District Stable

The Georgia Department of Public Health added 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the 10-county Northeast Health District on Thursday, bringing the total number or cases in the region to 1,021 and producing a very slight increase in the seven-day rolling average of added cases to 17.9.

Barrow County again led the list of counties reporting increases, with six new cases. Oconee County, for the seventh day in a row, reported no new cases.

Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry reported late Wednesday that Oconee County had added no new Active COVID-19 cases, though he has reported adding four cases in the last seven days including Wednesday. Berry’ data come from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.

The Department of Community Health Long-Range Care Facility COVID-19 Report for Wednesday listed 213 COVID Positive Residents in the long-term care facilities in the Northeast Health District, or an increase of 12 from Tuesday.

The number of COVID Positive Staff at the facilities increased from 54 to 58, with one of those additional staff infections at High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation in North High Shoals in Oconee County.

While the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report listed no new deaths in the Northeast Health District on Thursday and the total stood at 40, the Department of Community Health report indicated that the number of deaths at the area’s long-term facilities increased one, to 33.

The new death included in the Department of Community Health report was at the Winder Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Barrow County, bringing the total number of deaths at that facility to eight.

The Department of Public Health lists and Department of Community Health lists are independently produced and do not produce consistent results.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency COVID-19 Situation Report for late Wednesday listed the number of emergency room beds available in its Region E dropping from 121 on Monday to 111 on Tuesday, the number of Critical Care Beds available dropping from 18 on Monday to 13 on Tuesday, and the number of overall beds available dropping from 190 on Monday to 177 on Tuesday.

Region E includes the 10 counties in the Department of Public Health Northeast District plus Hart and Franklin counties.

For more on this story, including charts showing regional and state data and details about the death of a resident with COVID-19 at Oconee County’s High Shoals nursing home, please go to Oconee County Observations.