Health & Fitness
Strong Growth In COVID Cases Statewide; Area Growth Moderate
COVID-19 deaths across the state climb, but the 10-county NE Health District recorded only one new death on Monday.
While Georgia continued to show growth in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths on Monday, the 10-county Northeast Health District–which includes Oconee and Clarke Counties–witnessed a slight drop in averge number of cases and a consistent level of COVID-19 deaths.
The 10-county district added 23 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, but that number was down from the 33 added a week ago, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped to 20.6 on Monday from 22.0 on Sunday.
Seven of the 10 counties in the District added cases, including Oconee County, which added two cases, and Clarke County, which added six cases.
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Only Walton County added a death–a 77-year-old male with a known chronic condition–and the seven-day rolling average of deaths added remained unchanged at 1.7 deaths per day.
These findings are from the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, but the Department of Community Health and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency released COVID-19 reports on Monday as well.
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The Department of Community Health Long-Term Care Facility Report showed that the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 residents in the area’s 23 long-term care facilities with evidence of the disease increased by 13 on Monday over the Friday Report.
The number of active cases as these facilities actually dropped, however, from 206 on Friday to 190 on Monday because of the recovery of residents at the facilities.
The facilities reported no new COVID-19 deaths over the weekend.
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency released its Situation Report COVID-19 for Saturday, Sunday and Monday on Monday, showing that number of Critical Care Beds at area hospitals remained stable over the weekend,
Area governmental and legislative leaders issued a report on Friday, saying that local health care providers are in a "strong position" to deliver care to area patients.
For more information on the Monday COVID-19 reports and charts showing both the local and state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.