Six COVID-19 Deaths Added At Long-Term Care Homes In NE District

The Department of Community Health reported six new COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities in the Northeast Health District on Tuesday, the largest number of new deaths listed in a single day in the Department’s Long-Term Care Facility Report since the end of May.

The Department of Public Health added 157 cases of COVID-19 confirmed via molecular tests in its Daily Status Report on Tuesday, the largest number of added cases based on this test since September 16.

The Department of Public Health’s Daily Status Report also listed 54 cases based on positive antigen tests and one death in Jackson County from COVID-19.

Three of the deaths listed in the Department of Community Health Report were in Jackson County, one was in Clarke County, and two were in Elbert County.

Every county in the 10-county Northeast Health District added at least one confirmed case based on the molecular tests in Tuesday’s Daily Status Report, and the seven-day rolling average in the District increased to 107.3 from 100.3 on Monday. That is the highest rolling average for the District since Sept. 21.

Oconee County added five confirmed cases based on the molecular test, and Clarke County added 32. The rolling average of added cases remained the same in Oconee County on Tuesday, while it fell slightly in Clarke County.

The 54 positive cases in the Daily Status Report based on the antigen rapid test were many fewer than the 136 cases listed a week ago, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases based on the antigen test dropped to 27.4 on Tuesday from 39.1 on Monday.

The confirmed COVID-19 death listed in the Tuesday Daily Status Report was of a 78-year-old Jackson County male without a known chronic condition.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths listed in the Daily Status Report dropped to 1.1 on Tuesday from 1.3 on Monday.

The Long-Term Care Facility Report also listed 12 new COVID-19 Positive Residents and four new COVID-19 Positive Staff at area long-term care facilities.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Tuesday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (86) increased by seven from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (65) increased by two from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (27) decreased by one from the day before.

This is a summary of the local reporting. For more detail and for state data, please click through to Oconee County Observations.