Saturday, January 06, 2024

COVID Cases In Northeast Health District, After Last Week’s Decline, Return To Levels Of The Last Month

***Oconee, Clarke Report Small Drops In Cases***

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 278 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Jan. 3, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.

The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 184 cases in the week ending on Dec. 27, down from 268 cases in the week ending on Dec. 20, and 274 cases in the week ending on Dec. 13.

The number of cases have been around the current level for three of the last four weeks.

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 three new confirmed deaths from the disease in its report on Dec. 27.

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 Jan. 3 was 39.7, up from 26.3 on Dec. 27.

Oconee County added six new cases in the seven days ending on Jan. 3.

Oconee County had added nine new cases in the week ending on Dec. 27.

Clarke County added 19 new cases in the seven days ending on Jan. 3. It had 20 new cases in the seven days ending on Dec. 27.

The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Jan. 3 was 1.3. On Dec. 27, it also was 1.3.

The unstandardized seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County on Jan. 3 was 4.0. On Dec. 27 it was 3.1.

Deaths

The new confirmed death from COVID-19 was in Jackson County, bringing to 305 the number of deaths in that county since the onset of COVID in February of 2020. That figure is equivalent to 401.8 deaths per 100,000 population.

The total number of deaths in the Northeast Health District from the disease now stands at 1,791, or 337.8 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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