Saturday, April 10, 2021

Rolling Averages of Added COVID-19 Cases And Confirmed Deaths Continue To Decline In Northeast Health District

***Oconee County Adds “Probable” Death From Disease***

With the addition of only 35 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the seven-day rolling average of added cases in the Northeast Health District fell for the third day in a row.

The District added no confirmed deaths from the disease, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths fell for the second day.

The District did add one “probable” death from COVID-19–in Oconee County. No details of the death are reported in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report. Oconee County now has eight “probable” deaths from the disease as well as 62 confirmed deaths.

The 10-county Northeast Health District as a whole now has 83 “probable” deaths as well as 892 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths in the Northeast Health District fell on Saturday to 1.7 deaths per day from 2.0 on Friday.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases in the District after the addition of the 35 cases on Saturday was 48.9, down from 51.4 on Friday.

Oconee County added two cases, and Clarke County added six. The seven-day rolling average of added cases fell to 3.0 in Oconee County on Saturday from 3.3 on Friday. That average fell to 11.9 in Clarke County from 13.3 on Friday.

The Department of Community Health did not issue a Long-Term Care Facility Report on either Friday or Saturday. It is normal for the Department not to issue its report on Saturday.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Saturday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (39) decreased by five from the day before, the number of ICU beds in use (54) increased by three from the day before, and the number of adult ventilators in use (34) increased by three from the day before.

The Department of Public Health reported data on Saturday showing that 14.2 percent of the population of the Northeast Health District is now fully vaccinated, up from 13.8 percent on Friday.

Oconee County has the highest percent of its population vaccinated in the 10-county District with 21.6 percent. Clarke County is at 15.5 percent.

I calculated these percentages based on the population figures given by the Department of Public Health in the Daily Status Report. The dashboard lists the percentage for Oconee County as 24, rounded to a whole number, and Clarke as 16 percent.

State Data

Across the state, the Department of Public Health added 1,696 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased to 1,400.1 from 1,332.0 on Friday.

The Daily Status Report added 52 confirmed COVID-19 deaths across the state on Saturday, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased to 34.1 from 29.9 on Friday.

Fifteen of the 52 added deaths occurred in the last 14 days, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths dated by day of occurrence decreased just slightly on Saturday from Friday.

The Department of Public Health added 12 “probable” deaths from COVID-19 in Saturday’s Daily Status Report, and the seven-day rolling average of added “probable” deaths was 6.3, down just slightly from 6.4 on Friday.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Saturday that the number of COVID-19 patients (1,145) at the state’s hospitals decreased from the day before, the number of ICU beds in use (2,285) decreased from the day before, and the number of adult ventilators in use (981) increased from the day before.

The Department of Public Health on Saturday reported data indicating that 15.7 percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated, up from 15.2 percent on Friday.

Charts

The charts below show the seven-day rolling average of the addition of COVID-19 molecular and antigen cases combined for the Northeast Health District and for the state of Georgia since Nov. 3, when the state first began reporting antigen test results.

The data in the charts come from the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report and have been updated for the 2:50 p.m. Report on Saturday.

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