Sunday, March 21, 2021

Northeast Health District Adds 79 New COVID-19 Cases–More Than Double The Number Added On Sunday Of Last Week

***Oconee, Clarke Rolling Averages Of Added Cases Up***

The Northeast Health District Added 79 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, pushing up the seven-day rolling average to near where it was a week ago and suggesting that the drop in cases that began at the beginning of the month has ended.

The District added no new deaths attributed to COVID-19, but that had been true on Sunday of last week, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths remained unchanged at 2.4 deaths per day.

The 10-county District has 837 COVID-19 deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.