The Department of Community Health reported six new COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities in the Northeast Health District on Tuesday, the largest number of new deaths listed in a single day in the Department’s Long-Term Care Facility Report since the end of May.
The Department of Public Health added 157 cases of COVID-19 confirmed via molecular tests in its Daily Status Report on Tuesday, the largest number of added cases based on this test since September 16.
Across the state, the Georgia Department of Public Health listed 3,603 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the highest number reported since Aug. 12.
The Department of Public Health’s Daily Status Report also listed 54 cases based on positive antigen tests and one death in Jackson County from COVID-19.
Three of the deaths listed in the Department of Community Health Report were in Jackson County, one was in Clarke County, and two were in Elbert County. The Department of Public Health distributes the Department of Community Health Report but does not treat its COVID-19 deaths as confirmed.
Cases Added
Every county in the 10-county Northeast Health District added at least one confirmed case based on the molecular tests in Tuesday’s Daily Status Report, and the seven-day rolling average in the District increased to 107.3 from 100.3 on Monday. That is the highest rolling average for the District since Sept. 21.
Oconee County added five confirmed cases based on the molecular test, and Clarke County added 32. The rolling average of added cases remained the same in Oconee County on Tuesday, while it fell slightly in Clarke County.
The 54 positive cases in the Daily Status Report based on the antigen rapid test were many fewer than the 136 cases listed a week ago, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases based on the antigen test dropped to 27.4 on Tuesday from 39.1 on Monday.
The antigen test is considered to be less accurate than the molecular test, and the Department of Public Health only lists as confirmed cases those based on the molecular test. Multiple tests by a single individuals are reported as a single case, the Department of Public Health also reports.
Every county in the Northeast Health District except Walton added antigen positive cases in the Daily Status Report on Tuesday. Oconee and Clarke counties both added eight cases based on this test.
Deaths Listed
The confirmed COVID-19 death listed in the Tuesday Daily Status Report was of a 78-year-old Jackson County male without a known chronic condition.
The death brings to 47 the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Jackson County in the Daily Status Report and to 333 the number of deaths in the Northeast Health District from the disease in the Report.
The seven-day rolling average of added deaths listed in the Daily Status Report dropped to 1.1 on Tuesday from 1.3 on Monday.
The Northeast Health District did not add any probable deaths from the disease in the Tuesday Public Health Report.
The Clarke County death listed in the Department of Community Health Report was at Avery Place personal care home in Winterville and was the first death from the disease reported at that facility.
The two Elbert County deaths were at Magnolia Estates personal care home in Elberton, which also reported two deaths from the disease at the facility on Monday.
The remaining three deaths listed in the Long-Term Care Facility Report in facilities in the Northeast Health District were at Hill Haven Nursing Home in Commerce in Jackson County and were the first deaths at that facility.
Long-Term Care Cases, Hospital Patients
The Long-Term Care Facility Report also listed 12 new COVID-19 Positive Residents and four new COVID-19 Positive Staff at area long-term care facilities.
Ten of the new Positive Residents were at Hill Haven Nursing Home in Jackson County, as were two of the new Positive Staff.
The remaining two Positive Residents were at The Retreat at Loganville personal care home in Walton County, which also had one additional Positive Staff.
The final COVID Positive Staff member was at Savannah Court of Lake Oconee in Greene 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 (86) increased by seven from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (65) increased by two from the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (27) decreased by one from the day before.
State Data
Across the state on Tuesday, the Department of Public Health added 3,603 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 based on molecular tests, pushing up the seven-day rolling average of added cases to 2,244.4, the highest that average has been since Aug. 29.
The Daily Status Report also listed 924 new COVID-19 cases based on antigen tests. The number was much lower than the 2,506 added on Tuesday of last week, so the seven-day rolling average dropped to 574.1 on Tuesday from 800.1 on Monday.
The state added 27 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the Tuesday Daily Status Report, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths dropped to 35.6 from 37.9 on Monday.
Twenty-two of those deaths were in the last 14 days, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths based on date of the death increased on Tuesday over Monday.
The State deleted two deaths from its list of previously recorded deaths due to COVID-19. It also added 16 probable deaths, and the seven-day rolling average of that statistic increased to 6.6 on Tuesday from 6.0 on Monday.
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 (1,731) increased from the day before, the number of ICU beds in use (2,422) increased from the day before, and the number of adult ventilators in use (813) increased from the day before.
The Department of Community Health on Tuesday listed 657 long-term care facilities across the state with COVID-19 among its 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. The insert shows data for the entire Northeast Health District from the Daily Status Report and the Long-Term Care Facility Report.
Charts 4 and 5 show data for the entire state of Georgia.
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