The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 345 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Sept. 6, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.
The Department of Public Health reported 424 new cases in the week ending on Aug. 30, down from 519 new cases in the week ending on Aug. 23.
The Department of Public Health reported two new confirmed death from COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District in its report on Wednesday.
The confirmed deaths from the disease were in Greene County and Walton County.
The Department of Public Health had reported one new confirmed death from the disease in its reports on Aug. 30.
Weekly Report
Although the Department of Public Health is releasing a report only weekly, it is gathering data on a daily basis, and the weekly report includes a data file containing case counts each day, ending on a Wednesday.
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At-home test results are not included in the electronic reporting system.
The average number of added cases per day in the last seven days ending on Sept. 6 was 49.3, down from 60.6 on Aug. 30 and from 74.1 in the Northeast Health District on Aug. 23.
Oconee County added 12 new cases in the seven days ending on Sept. 6.
Oconee County had added 28 new cases in the seven days ending on Aug. 30.
Clarke County added 121 new cases in the seven days ending on Sept. 6. It had added 180 cases in the seven days ending on Aug. 30.
The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Sept. 6 was 1.4. It had been 4.3 on Aug. 30.
The unstandardized seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County on Sept. 6 was 17.7. It had been 26.3 on Aug. 30.
Deaths
The Greene County confirmed death from COVID-19 was the 82nd in that county since the onset of the pandemic in February of 2020.
The Walton County confirmed death from COVID-19 was the 432nd in that county since the onset of the pandemic.
The Greene County death represents 443.5 per 100,000 population, and the Walton County death represents 446.9 deaths per 100,000 population.
Walton County follows Elbert County in the Northeast Health District in the number of deaths per 100,000 population. That figure is 473.6 in Elbert County, the highest in the District.
Greene County follows Walton County in that ranking.
The 1,773 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District represents 334.4 deaths per 100,000 population.
Clarke County, with 252 confirmed deaths from the disease, has the lowest rate of deaths per 100,000 population among the 10 counties in the Northeast Health District with 195.8.
Oconee County, with 108 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, has the second lowest rate of deaths per 100,000 population, with 258.4 deaths per 100,000 population.
The Northeast Health District reported 196 “probable” deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, the same as last week.
The Georgia Department of Public Health’s 10-county Northeast Health District includes, in addition to Oconee and Clarke counties, Barrow, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oglethorpe, and Walton.
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