Sunday, April 19, 2020

Oconee And Clarke Counties Add COVID-19 Cases; NE Region Adds 11 New Cases, Up From 7 On Saturday

***State Shows Big Increase In Testing***

Oconee and Clarke counties each add two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the noon Daily Status Report released Sunday by the Georgia Department of Public Health, contributing to the 11 new cases added in the 10-county Northeast Health District.

The 11 new cases are the same number as the Northeast Health District added a week ago–on Easter Sunday–and are an increase over the seven new cases added in the noon Daily Status Report on Saturday.

Across the last three weeks of the report, data released by the Department of Public Health have varied systematically by day of the week, with weekend reports listing fewer cases than reports released during the week.

The rolling or moving average across the last seven days for the Northeast Health Region shows the addition of 23.9 cases, a figure that has been steady since the release of the Department of Public Health Report on Friday.

The state of Georgia added 632 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the 24-hour period ending at noon on Sunday, compared with only 293 added on Easter Sunday. The rolling average for the state is 835.6 cases per day, up from a rolling average of 787.1 on Saturday.

The Department of Public Health Daily Status report listed 14 new deaths at noon on Sunday, up from the five reported a week ago. The rolling average for the last seven days is 36.3, up from the rolling average of 35.0 on Saturday.

The total number of deaths in the state attributable to the Novel Coronavirus is 687, and for the Northeast Region it is 24, the same as on Saturday.

The state logged 5,745 new tests for the COVID-19 disease with the noon Daily Status Report on Sunday, the largest number of new tests recorded since figures on tests were first released on March 18.

Charts

Chart 1 below plots the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across time for the 10-county Northeast Health District (blue line, right-hand vertical axis) and for Oconee and Clarke counties (green and orange lines, respectively, left-hand vertical axis.)

The table at the bottom includes the data for all 10 of the counties beginning with the discovery of the first case in the region (in Clarke County) on March 14.

The number of deaths for each of the 10 counties is listed in the box at the top, left of the chart.

The data have been updated to include the numbers included in the noon Sunday Daily Status Report.

Chart 1 (Click To Enlarge)

Chart 2 below shows the actual number of new reported confirmed COVID-19 cases across time, with the blue line showing the actual count and the orange line showing the rolling or moving seven-day average.

The lines have been updated to include the numbers included in the noon Sunday Daily Status Report.

Chart 2 (Click To Enlarge)

Chart 3 below summarizes the cumulative data from the state of Georgia on four indicators: number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, number of deaths attributed to COVID-19, number of tests for the disease, and number of hospitalizations for treatment of the disease.

The charts begin on March 2, when the first cases were discovered in Atlanta. Measures of tests and hospitalizations are included from the point at which the Daily Status Report provided those data.

Each of the four charts has been updated to include the numbers included in the noon Sunday Daily Status Report.

Chart 3 (Click To Enlarge)

Chart 4 below provides the actual number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths attributable to the disease going back to March 2 for the state of Georgia. Those data are plotted with the blue lines.

The orange lines are based on computation of the rolling or moving seven-day averages for confirmed cases and deaths.

The two charts have been updated to include the numbers included in the noon Sunday Daily Status Report.

Chart 4 (Click To Enlarge)

3 comments:

barb carroll said...

thanks, lee, for your continuing excellent job on this. barb carroll

barb carroll said...

thanks, lee, for your continuing excellent job keeping us informed.

Vicki Krugman said...

Lee, thanks for your in-depth view of the statistics on the corona virus. The charts and text are the best I have read on outlining our local area compared with state.
Vicki Krugman