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Rolling Averages Of COVID Cases, Deaths Up With 730 added Cases

The Daily Status Report also lists four deaths.

Posted Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 10:20 pm ET

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

The Northeast Health District added 730 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the disease on Saturday.
The deaths—in Barrow, Oglethorpe and Elbert counties—resulted in an increase in the seven-day rolling average of added deaths to 2.9 on Saturday from 2.6 on Friday.
The added cases resulted in an increase in the seven-day rolling average of added cases to 550.7 on Saturday from 514.1 on Friday.
Oconee County added 35 COVID-19 cases, and Clarke County added a record 181 cases.
Area hospitals reported an increase of seven in the number of COVID-19 patients.

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