Rolling Averages of COVID Deaths, Cases Increase in NE District

The Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported five deaths from COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District and 219 confirmed cases of the disease, pushing up the seven-day rolling averages of added deaths and of added cases.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths, two of which were in Clarke County, increased from 2.4 on Monday to 3.0 on Tuesday, its highest point ever.

Bucking the trend in the state, the 219 added cases in the District were the second highest number ever recorded in the Department of Public Health’s Daily Status Report and pushed the seven-day rolling average of added cases from 118.0 on Monday to 125.9 on Tuesday.

Every county in the 10-county district added at least five cases. Oconee County added nine, and Clarke County added 53.

The two Clarke County deaths were of an 83-year-old male without a known chronic condition and of an 86-year-old female without a chronic condition.

The Department of Community Health, in its Long-Term Care Facility Report for Tuesday, listed two new COVID-19 deaths at long-term care facilities in the Northeast Health District, seven new COVID-19 cases among residents of those 33 facilities, and five new cases among the staff.

Clarke County facilities accounted for two of the new resident cases and three of the newly reported staff cases.

The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, as of 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, reported 123 COVID-19 patients at area hospitals, down from 129 on Monday, and 67 ICU Beds (Critical Care Beds) in use out of a listed capacity of 70, up from 65 on Monday.

The two organizations listed 29 Adult Ventilators in use on Tuesday, down from 32 on Monday.

For more reporting on regional and state data, with charts, please go to Oconee County Observations.