The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 178 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Dec. 6, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.
The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 155 cases in the week ending Nov. 29.
The Northeast Health District had added 145 cases in the week ending Nov. 22, 184 cases in the week ending on Nov. 15, 140 cases in the week ending on Nov. 8, and 141 cases in the week ending on Nov. 1.
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 Nov. 29.
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. 6 was 25.4, up from 22.1 last week.
Oconee County added eight new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 6.
Oconee County had added 11 new cases in the week ending on Nov. 29.
Clarke County added 34 new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 6. It had 18 new cases in the seven days ending on Nov. 29.
The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Dec. 6 was 1.1.
It was 1.6 on Nov. 29.
The unstandardized seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County on Dec. 6 was 5.1. It was 3.1 on Nov. 29.
Deaths
The new confirmed death from COVID-19 was in Walton County, bringing to 438 the total number of confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in that county since the onset of the pandemic in February of 2020.
The Walton County death represents 453.1 deaths per 100,000 population in that county, the second highest ratio in the Northeast Health District to Elbert County’s 473.6 deaths per 100,000 population.
The total number of deaths in the Northeast Health District from the disease now stands at 1,785, or 336.7 deaths per 100,000 population.
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.
Oconee County, with 109 confirmed deaths from COVID-19, has the second lowest rate of deaths per 100,000 population at 260.8.
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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