Friday, December 29, 2023

COVID Case Count In Northeast Health District Falls Sharply, According To Data From Georgia Department Of Public Health

***Oconee And Clarke Both Report Drops In Cases***

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 184 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Dec. 27, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.

The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 268 cases in the week ending on Dec. 20, 274 cases in the week ending on Dec. 13, 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 three new confirmed death from COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District in its report on Wednesday.

The Department of Public Health had reported one new confirmed deaths from the disease in its report on Dec. 20.

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. 27 was 26.3, down from 38.3 on Dec. 20

Oconee County added nine new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 27.

Oconee County had added 16 new cases in the week ending on Dec. 20.

Clarke County added 20 new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 27. It had 28 new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 20.

The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Dec. 27 was 1.3.

On Dec. 20 it was 2.3.

The unstandardized seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County on Dec. 27 was 3.1. On Dec. 20 it was 4.9.

Deaths

The new confirmed deaths from COVID-19 were in Barrow County, Jackson County, and Walton County.

Barrow County now has 273 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic in February of 2020, or 326.9 deaths per 100,000 population.

Jackson County has 304 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in that county since the onset of the pandemic, or 400.5 deaths per 100,000 population.

Walton County has 441 confirmed deaths from the disease, or 456.2 deaths per 100,000 population.

The total number of deaths in the Northeast Health District from the disease now stands at 1,790, or 337.6 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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