The Northeast Health District added 494 new cases of COVID-19 and seven deaths from the disease with the release of state health department reports on Wednesday. Two of the deaths were in Clarke County.
Three of the deaths were listed in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, and four were listed in the Department of Community Health Long-Term Care Facility Report, also distributed by the Department of Public Health.
All three of the deaths listed in the Daily Status Report were in Walton County. They were of a 47-year-old female with a chronic condition, a 63-year-old female without a chronic condition, and a 79-year-old male without a chronic condition.
The deaths bring to 87 the number in the Daily Status Report in Walton County, the second largest county in the 10-county Northeast Health District in terms of population, following Clarke County. Walton County’s death rate per 100,000 population is 90.8, lower than Greene, Elbert and Oconee counties (in that order).
The total number of official deaths (per the Daily Status Report) attributed to the disease in the 10-county District now stands at 405, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths on Wednesday was 2.4 per day, up from 2.3 on Tuesday.
The Department of Community Health reported two deaths at Clarke County’s PruittHealth–Athens Heritage nursing home, which now has reported eight deaths from COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic at the beginning of the year.
On Wednesday, this same facility reported seven new cases of COVID-19 among residents and two new cases among staff.
The other two deaths listed in the Department of Community Health report were at Great Oaks personal care home and Hollander Senior Living personal care home, both in Walton County. The Department of Community Health does not list characteristics of the deceased.
Cases, Hospital Reports
The 494 new cases of COVID-19 listed in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Wednesday pushed up the seven-day rolling average of added cases to 411.0 from 406.4 on Tuesday.
Oconee County added 32 cases, and Clarke County added 99. The seven-day rolling average of added cases in Oconee County dropped from 43.9 on Tuesday to 42.1 on Wednesday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County increased from 63.0 on Tuesday to 63.6 on Wednesday.
In addition to the seven new resident cases at PruittHealth–Athens Heritage, the Department of Community Health listed new resident cases at Mulberry Grove personal care home in Barrow County, and at Great Oaks, at Hollander Senior Living (two cases), and at Park Place Nursing Facility, all in Walton County.
In addition to the two staff cases at PruittHealth–Athens Heritage, the Department of Community Health listed two new staff cases at Nancy Hart Nursing Center in Elbert County and one case each at Hollander Senior Living and Park Place Nursing in Walton County.
The District’s 39 long-term care facilities covered by the Department of Community Health report have added six resident COVID-19 deaths, 26 new cases of COVID-19 among residents, and 19 new cases of the disease among staff just since Monday.
The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Wednesday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (238) increased by five from the day before, the number of ICU beds in use (66) decreased by two from the day before, and the number of adult ventilators in use (51) increased by one from the day before.
The number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals has increased each day since Dec. 23 and at 238 is the highest level ever recorded. The number of patients with the disease was 186 a week ago and 148 two weeks ago. The increase of 90 patients from two weeks ago is a growth rate of 60.8 percent.
The University of Georgia did not issue a COVID-19 Health And Exposure Update on Wednesday. The University is closed for the holiday break.
State Data
Across the state on Wednesday, the Daily Status Report added 9,233 new COVID-19 cases, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased to 6,847.0 from 6,680.4 on Tuesday.
The Daily Status Report added 49 confirmed deaths from COVID-19, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths was 36.7, down from 37.6 on Tuesday.
Thirty-four of those added deaths occurred in the last 14 days, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths organized by date of occurrence increased on Wednesday over Tuesday.
The state also added 18 “probable deaths” from COVID-19 on Wednesday, and the seven-day rolling average of added “probable deaths” increased to 10.4 on Wednesday from 8.6 on Tuesday.
Across the state, the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Wednesday that the number of COVID-19 patients (4,560) increased by 123 from the day before, the number of ICU beds in use (2,619) increased by 37 from the day before, and the number of adult ventilators in use (1,402) increased by two from the day before.
The Department of Community Health, in its Wednesday Long-Term Care Facility Report, listed 696 facilities across the state with COVID-19 among their residents and/or staff, up from 691 facilities on Tuesday.
Charts
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 Wednesday.
Chart 1 shows the rolling averages of COVID-19 cases for the Northeast Health District and for the state of Georgia.
Charts 2 and 3 show actual deaths and rolling averages of added deaths for the Northeast Health District (Chart 2) and for the state of Georgia (Chart 3).
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1 comment:
Where again, we wonder, is this "corner" we have been told over and over (and over again) that we are turning?
It's clear now, crystal clear, Tony Fauci has been spot-on from the very beginning of our American Nightmare. All of his dire predictions have come to pass. And the worse is yet to come, that's quite obvious now.
Instead, too many of us listened to crackpots, charlatans fallen leaders and still deny.
What if we had championed those with the knowledge, and then acted swiftly and properly and humanely and responsibly and with compassion? So many sad stories -- nearly 4,000 yesterday -- would not have been written.
And Lee Becker could go back to telling us about yet another new shopping mall and more traffic circles. I'll bet he can't wait.
BTW, Lee, thanks again for your tireless efforts to keep us informed. Every single day without fail over these last nine months. Quite amazing.
John Dewey
'Almost Mainstreet'
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