Monday, August 17, 2020

Three More COVID-19 Deaths Reported By Department Of Public Health In Northeast Health District On Monday

***15 Deaths Reported In Last Week***

The Northeast Health District added three deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the Monday release of the Department of Public Health’s Daily Status Report.

The deaths were of 74-year-old female in Barrow County, an 81-year-old male in Oglethorpe County, and an 80-year-old male in Walton County. All three had known chronic conditions.

The 10-county Northeast Health District has added 15 deaths in the last seven days, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased from 1.7 on Sunday to 2.1 on Monday.

The Northeast Health District added 58 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the release of the report on Monday, with two of them in Oconee County and 14 of them in Clarke County. The seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped from 125.6 on Sunday to 122.1 on Monday.

The Department of Community Health listed one additional COVID-19 Positive Resident at High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation nursing home in Oconee County on Monday and three additional COVID-19 Positive Residents at long-term care facilities in Walton County.

The Long-Term Care Facility Report also listed one additional COVID-Positive Staff at PruittHealth–Athens Heritage nursing home in Athens-Clarke County and at a nursing home in Greene County.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported area hospitals had nine Critical Care Beds available as of release of the Situation Report COVID-19 on Monday afternoon, up from six on Sunday.

State Data

The Department of Public Health reported 25 COVID-19 Deaths on Monday, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths dropped from 75.0 on Sunday to 74.0 on Monday.

Of those deaths, only 13 occurred in the last 14 days, and one was recorded as having occurred as far back as June 28. The report on Monday reflects a persistent delay in the recording of deaths in the Department of Public Health records.

The Daily Status Report lists 1,843 new COVID-19 confirmed cases on Monday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped from 2,996.9 on Sunday to 2,911.6 on Monday.

The Department of Community Health listed 621 long-term care facilities with COVID-19 among their residents and/or staff, up from 617 on Friday, when the report was last released. The state has 790 facilities with 25 or more beds covered by the report.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported 2,626 Current Confirmed COVID-19 Hospitalizations with release of its report on Monday, up from 2,603 on Sunday.

The Agency reported 1,193 ventilators in use, down from 1,198 on Sunday.

Charts

Charts 1 to 5 below are based on data from the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report and have been updated to include data from the release of that report at 2:50 p.m. on Monday.

Charts 1 and 2 include data from the 10-county Northeast Health District of the Department of Public Health, which includes Oconee and Clarke counties.

Chart 3 presents data for Oconee and Clarke counties only.

Charts 4 and 5 show data for the entire state of Georgia.

Click on any of the charts to enlarge it.

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