Attorney For Owner Of Land For Proposed Shopping Center At Oconee Connector Criticizes Oconee County Planning Staff

***Tells Commissioners Client Has Right To Connector Access***

Attorney William Berryman wants Oconee County commissioners to reject three elements of the county’s planning staff report on a rezone request by his client for a shopping center at the Oconee Connector and Mars Hill Road.

The planning staff is wrong is saying that three parcels owned by Maxie Price’s Deferred Tax can be developed under the current zoning classification, Berryman said in a March 2 letter to the commissioners.

As a result, if the commissioners deny the rezone request it will be a denial of applicant Maxie Price’s constitutional rights to develop his property as protected by the U.S. Constitution, Berryman said.

Rolling Averages of Added COVID-19 Cases And Deaths From Disease Increased In Northeast Health District

***No New Oconee County Cases Reported***

With the release of the Georgia Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Monday, the seven-day rolling average of added COVID-19 cases in the Northeast Health District increased, as did the rolling average of added confirmed deaths from the disease.

The District added only 40 cases on Monday, usually a light reporting day, and the District had added 36 cases last Monday.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases in the 10-county District increased to 49.0 from 48.4 on Sunday.

Seven-Day Rolling Average Of Added COVID-19 Cases In Northeast Health District Declines Fifth Day In Row

***Rolling Average Added Cases In Oconee Increases***

The Department of Public Health Daily Status Report listed 45 new cases of COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District on Sunday, resulting in a slight drop in the seven-day rolling averages of added cases of the disease in the District.

The Daily Status Report listed no new confirmed deaths from the coronavirus, and the seven-day rolling average of added confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 1.7 deaths per day.

With the addition of the 45 cases, the seven-day rolling average of added cases in the 10-county District fell to 48.4 from 48.9 on Saturday. The rolling average has dropped each of the last five days.

Rolling Averages of Added COVID-19 Cases And Confirmed Deaths Continue To Decline In Northeast Health District

***Oconee County Adds “Probable” Death From Disease***

With the addition of only 35 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the seven-day rolling average of added cases in the Northeast Health District fell for the third day in a row.

The District added no confirmed deaths from the disease, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths fell for the second day.

Rolling Averages For Added COVID-19 Cases And Confirmed COVID-19 Deaths Decrease In Northeast Health District

***Oconee Leads District In Percent Of Population Vaccinated***

The seven-day rolling averages of added COVID-19 cases and confirmed deaths from the disease fell on Friday with the release of the Department of Public Health’s Daily Status Report.

The District added 65 cases and four confirmed deaths.

Two of the confirmed deaths were in Clarke County, and the other two were in Walton County.

Northeast Health District Adds 44 New COVID-19 Cases, Three Deaths From Disease; Rolling Averages Of Added Cases Down, Deaths Up

***Oconee Vaccination Rate: 20.5 percent; Clarke Rate: 14.5***

The seven-day rolling average of added cases of COVID-19 dropped in the Northeast Health District on Thursday, but the seven-day rolling average of added confirmed deaths from the disease increased slightly.

The Department of Public Health added only 44 new cases of the disease, but it reported three new confirmed deaths in its Thursday Daily Status Report.

Northeast Health District Adds 64 New COVID-19 Cases And Six COVID-19 Deaths In State Health Reports

***Area Hospitals Report Increase In COVID-19 Patients***

The Northeast Health District added 64 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and five confirmed deaths from the disease, resulting in a decrease in the rolling average of added cases and an increase in the rolling average of added deaths.

Two of the confirmed deaths listed in the Wednesday Daily Status Report of the Department of Public Health were in Clarke County. Those deaths were of 56 year-old and 60-year-old females, neither of whom had a chronic condition.