The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 268 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Dec. 20, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.
The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 274 cases in the week ending on Dec. 13.
The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 178 cases in the week ending on Dec. 6, 155 cases in the week ending Nov. 29, and 145 cases in the week ending Nov. 22.
The Department of Public Health reported one new confirmed death from COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District in its report on Wednesday.
The Department of Public Health had reported two new confirmed deaths from the disease in its report on Dec. 13.
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 Dec. 20 was 38.3, down just slightly from 39.1 on Dec. 13.
Oconee County added 16 new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 20.
Oconee County had added 16 new cases in the week ending on Dec. 13.
Clarke County added 28 new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 20. It had 36 new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 13.
The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Dec. 20 was 2.3.
On Dec. 13 it also was 2.3.
The unstandardized seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County on Dec. 20 was 4.9. On Dec. 13 it was 6.0.
Deaths
The new confirmed death from COVID-19 was in Jackson County, bringing to 303 the total number of confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in that county since the onset of the pandemic in February of 2020.
The Jackson County death represents 399.2 deaths per 100,000 population in that county.
The total number of deaths in the Northeast Health District from the disease now stands at 1,787, or 337.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
Oconee County has 108 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the county since February of 2020, or 258.4 deaths per 100,000 population, the second lowest ratio in the Northeast Health District.
Clarke County, with 254 confirmed deaths from the disease, has the lowest rate of deaths in the 10-county Northeast Health District at 197.4 deaths per 100,000 population.
The Northeast Health District reported 197 “probable” deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, the same as a week earlier.
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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