Health & Fitness
Rolling Averages Of COVID Cases, Death Increase In NE District
The region reflects statewide trends in increased cases and deaths from the disease.
Reflecting trends across the state as a whole, the Northeast Health District added 148 confirmed COVID-19 cases based on molecular tests on Thursday, 48 cases based on antigen tests, and four deaths, pushing up the rolling averages in each of the measures of the disease.
The deaths were of a 61-year-old male in Barrow County without a chronic condition, a 62-year-old male in Jackson County with a chronic condition, a 71-year-old female in Walton County without a chronic condition, and an 84-year-old male in Walton County with a chronic condition.
The seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased on Thursday to 2.4 from 2.1 on Wednesday. The District has added at least one death for the last 11 days.
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The 148 confirmed cases based on molecular tests pushed up the seven-day rolling average of added cases to 96.3 on Thursday from 89.7 on Wednesday.
The 48 positive cases based on antigen or rapid tests pushed up the seven-day rolling average of added antigen cases to 51.3 on Thursday from 48.9 on Wednesday.
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Every county in the Northeast Health District added confirmed cases based on the molecular tests on Thursday, with Oconee County adding six cases and Clarke County adding 53. The seven-day rolling average of added cases decreased slightly on Oconee County but increased in Clarke County.
The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Thursday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (83) decreased by four from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (67) increased by one from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (32) increased by two from the day before.
The Department of Community Health, in its Thursday Long-Term Care Facility Report, listed two additional COVID-19 Positive Residents in the Northeast Health District’s long term care facilities and three additional COVID-19 Positive Staff.
For more on the story, please go to Oconee County Observations.