Rolling Averages Of COVID-19 Cases And Deaths Increase In Region

The seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths attributed to the disease both increased in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report for 1 p.m. on Thursday.

At the same time, the Department of Community Health is reporting that a quarter of the residents of the 17 area long-term care facilities on its list are COVID Positive.

The Department of Community Health Report released at the end of the day on Wednesday listed 38 COVID Positive residents among the 75 residents of High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation nursing home in western Oconee County.

That same report lists an additional COVID-19 death at the North High Shoals home, bringing the total to four.

The Department of Public Health Daily Status Report listed two additional deaths for the 10-county Northeast Health District, of two men, both described as 90 plus in age. One is from Oglethorpe County and had no known chronic condition, while the other is from Barrow County and had a chronic condition.

The two deaths pushed the seven-day rolling average of deaths added in the Daily Status Report for the Northeast Health District to 1.4 from 1.1 on Wednesday.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases for the Northeast Health District increased to 16.1 with the addition of 25 cases, including one in Oconee County and five in Clarke County. Walton County added 17 cases.

Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry on Wednesday reported that the Georgia Emergency Management Agency informed him that the county has four addresses on its list of Active COVID cases in the county, and that one of those addresses has 14 infected residents.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency, in its Daily Situation Report for late Wednesday, listed 12 available Critical Care Beds in area hospitals, up from 11 on Tuesday.

For more details on the reports issued by the state, with charts summarizing the data, please go to Oconee County Observations.