Northeast Health Districts Adds Two COVID-19 Deaths On Monday, 36 New Cases

***Deaths In Jackson And Elbert Counties***

The Northeast Health District added two deaths from COVID-19 with the release of the Department of Public Health and the Department of Community Health reports on Monday and 36 new confirmed cases of the disease

The death listed in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report was of a 56-year-old male in Jackson County with a chronic condition. It was 35th death in Jackson County and the 262nd death in the Northeast Health District listed in that report.

Oconee And Clarke Counties Enjoy Unexpected Increase In Sales Tax Revenue With September Distributions

***Audit Of Large Company Produces Surprise Revenue***

Oconee County, as well as Clarke County, got amazingly good news with the release of the sales tax distributions for August.

With the addition of revenue from an audit that spanned several years of an unidentified company, sales tax distributions for August increased by two-thirds over a year ago for Oconee County and for Oconee County Schools.