Thursday, December 17, 2020

State Lists Record 491 COVID-19 Cases In Northeast Health District Plus Deaths From Disease In Clarke And Barrow Counties

***Rolling Average of Added Cases Increases Again In Oconee***

The Department of Public Health reported 380 new cases of COVID-19 based on molecular tests and 111 based on antigen tests in the Northeast Health District on Thursday, setting a new record of single day added cases of the disease and a record seven-day rolling average of added cases.

Oconee County also set a new record seven-day rolling average of added cases of 23.7, up from 20.6 on Wednesday, and Clarke County’s seven-day rolling average of added cases fell just slightly from 69.4 on Wednesday to 69.3 on Thursday.

Strong Early Voting In Oconee County For Jan. 5 Runoff Gives Mixed Messages About Final Turnout

***Fewer Days For Early Voting***

More Oconee County voters have turned out on each of the first three days of early voting for the Jan. 5 runoff than turned on the first three days of early voting for the Nov. 3 general election, and the total number of votes cast in early voting stands at 4,123, or 12.9 percent of the county’s registered voters.

The number of absentee ballots returned so far (2,153), however, is behind the number received after the first three days of early voting in October for the November election.