Health & Fitness
Three New COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Northeast Health District
Oconee County Schools Report 13 Active COVID-19 Cases and 117 Active Quarantines.
The state Department of Public Health Listed Two Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 in the 10-county Northeast Health District on Friday, and the Georgia Department of Community Health listed another in a nursing home in the District. The nursing home death was in Athens-Clarke County.
The two deaths listed in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report were of a 58-year-old male with a chronic condition in Madison County and of a 70-year-old female without a known chronic condition in Walton County.
The Department of Community Health, in its Long-Term Care Facility Report on Friday, listed one new COVID-19 death–at PruittHealth Grandview in Athens-Clarke County. It was the second death in as many days listed at a nursing home in Athens-Clarke County.
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The seven-day rolling average of added deaths in the Daily Status Report was 2.4 on Friday, down from 2.7 on Thursday. The District had four deaths from COVID-19 in the Daily Status Report on Friday of last week.
The Northeast Health District had 144 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Friday Daily Status Report, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases was 129.1, down from 130.1 on Thursday.
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Every county in the 10-county District added at least four cases, with Oconee County adding six cases and Clarke County adding 46.
The Department of Community Health in its Friday report listed one new COVID-19 Positive Staff member at Plaza Personal Care Center at Talmage Terrence in Athens-Clarke County, two new COVID-19 Positive Staff at a nursing home in Elbert County, and three new COVID-19 Positive Residents at a nursing home in Walton County.
Oconee County Schools reported on Friday that the schools had 13 Active COVID-19 Cases at the end of the second full week of classes on Friday, the same number as a week ago, and 117 Active Quarantines Due to Close Contact, up from 100 a week ago
The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency on Friday reported that area hospitals had 111 COVID-19 patients, down from 118 on Thursday, 61 ICU Beds In Use, the same as the day before, and 28 ventilators in use, also unchanged from Thursday.
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