State And NE District Report Jumps In COVID-19 Cases And Deaths

The seven-day rolling averages of added confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths attributed to the disease increased both in the state of Georgia as a whole and in the 10-county Northeast Health District with the release of the Daily Status Report on Saturday.

The increases at the state level were quite dramatic, as the state added 1,018 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 28 deaths.

The 10-county Northeast Health District, which includes Oconee and Clarke counties, added 17 confirmed cases and one death.

The seven-day rolling average of confirmed cases at the state level jumped to 784.6 cases per day on Saturday, from 737.4 on Friday, and the string of increases goes back to May 31.

The seven-day rolling average of deaths at the state level increased from 34.9 deaths per day on Friday to 38.3 deaths per day on Saturday, and the string of increased deaths per day goes back to June 8.

The seven day rolling average of added COVID-19 cases in the 10-county Northeast Health District increased from 20.0 on Friday to 23.1 on Saturday. Oconee County did not add any cases, but Clarke County added three.

The added death in the District brought the seven-day rolling average of deaths up from 1.6 deaths per day on Friday to 1.7 on Saturday.

The newly recorded death was of a 60-year-old male in Walton County without a chronic condition.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported on Friday that the number of available Critical Care Beds in area hospitals had increased to 26 after dropping to 10 on June 4.

For more on this story, with a discussion of state trends and charts summarizing state and District data, please go to Oconee County Observations.