The Northeast Health District added 110 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, pushing up the seven-day rolling average of added cases, consistent with the overall trend in the state.
The District added one death, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths remained unchanged at 1.6 deaths per day. The rolling average of added deaths increased at the state level.
The local death was of a 42-year-old male in Barrow County without a known chronic condition. The death was the 52nd in Barrow County. The District now has 311 deaths attributed to the disease.
Every county in the 10-county Northeast Health District added cases except Morgan, which lost a case. Oconee County added five cases and Clarke County added 24. In both counties, the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased.
The seven-day rolling average of added cases in the District increased to 88.9 on Tuesday from 82.3 on Monday.
New Data
The Department of Public Health began reporting two new tallies on Tuesday at the state and county levels.
In addition to the 17,586 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District “defined as an individual with a positive molecular test,” the Daily Status Report for the first time listed an additional number, 2,351 Antigen Positive Cases, which “represents individuals with a positive antigen test.”
A molecular (PCR) test looks for the virus’s genetic material. An antigen test is a rapid test that looks for specific proteins on the surface of the virus.
Oconee County now has 266 Antigen Positive Cases in addition to the previously counted 886 confirmed cases via a molecular test.
Clarke County now has 1,049 Antigen Positive Cases in addition to 5,901 confirmed cases via a molecular test.
In addition, the Daily Status Report on Tuesday began listed both “Confirmed Deaths” as in the past and “Probable Deaths.”
Confirmed deaths include “confirmed COVID-19 cases that were either reported to DPH as deceased by healthcare providers or medical examiners/coroners, identified by death certificates with COVID-19 indicated as the cause of death, or there is evidence that COVID-19 contributed to the individual’s death.”
Probable Deaths include “individuals who are antigen positive or individuals with compatible illness and known close contact to a case that were either reported to DPH as deceased by healthcare providers or medical examiners/coroners, identified by death certificates with COVID-19 indicated as the cause of death, or there is evidence that COVID contributed to the individual’s death OR individuals with a death certificate that has COVID-19 indicated as the cause of death and there is no laboratory evidence for SARS-CoV-2.”
The District has 20 Probably Deaths in addition to the 311 Confirmed Deaths.
Neither Oconee nor Clarke counties has any Probable Deaths listed. Oconee now has 31 Confirmed Deaths and Clarke has 50.
Additional Reports
The Department of Community Health, in its Tuesday Long-Term Care Facility Report, listed two additional COVID Positive Residents at the 38 long-term care facilities in the Northeast Health District covered by the report and four additional COVID Positive Staff.
The two additional positive residents are at Hill Haven Nursing Home in Jackson County, as are three of the positive staff.
The fourth additional staff member is at Great Oaks personal care home in Walton County.
The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Tuesday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (62) increased by three from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (58) decreased by four from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (35) increased by five from the day before.
State Data
Across the state, the Daily Status Report listed 1,738 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased to 1,681.1 from 1,664.7 on Monday.
The state added 30 new confirmed deaths, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths by date of report increased to 27.4 on Tuesday from 25.7 on Monday.
All but two of the 30 added deaths were in the last 14 days, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths by date of occurrence increased greatly on Tuesday over Monday.
The Department of Public Health reported that the state has 29,937 Antigen Positive Cases in addition to the 364,589 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 450 Probable Deaths in addition to the 8,029 Confirmed Deaths.
Across the state, the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Tuesday that the number of COVID-19 patients (1,424) was the same as the day before, the number of ICU beds in use (2,370) decreased from the day before, and the number of adult ventilators in use (849) increased from the day before.
The Department of Community Health listed 647 long-term care facilities across the state with cases of COVID-19 among their residents and/or staff, the same as on Monday.
Charts
All of the charts 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 Tuesday.
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 shows data for Oconee and Clarke counties in the main chart and for the whole Northeast Health District in the insert.
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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