The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 403 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Jan. 10, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.
The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 278 cases in the week ending on Jan. 3.
That 278 cases was up from 184 cases in the week ending on Dec. 27.
The number of cases had been relatively stable in the final weeks of 2023.
The Department of Public Health reported two new confirmed deaths 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 Jan. 3.
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. 10 was 57.6, up from 39.7 on Jan. 3 and 26.3 on Dec. 27.
Oconee County added 27 new cases in the seven days ending on Jan. 10.
Oconee County had added six new cases in the week ending on Jan. 3.
Clarke County added 69 new cases in the seven days ending on Jan. 10. It had added 19 new cases in the seven days ending on Jan. 3.
The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Jan. 10 was 3.9. It had been 1.3 on Jan. 3.
The 3.9 rolling average is the highest this figure has been since Sept. 14, when it was 4.6.
The unstandardized seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County on Jan. 10 was 9.9, down from 10.0 the day before. On Jan. 3, that figure was 4.0.
The rolling average of added cases in Clarke County had not been above 10.0 since Sept. 20, when it was 10.6.
Deaths
The new confirmed deaths from COVID-19 were in Greene County and Jackson County.
Greene County now has 83 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic in February of 2020, and Jackson County has 306.
For Greene County, the death represents 438.8 deaths per 100,000 population, and for Jackson County, the rate is now 403.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
The total number of confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District now stands at 1,793, or 338.2 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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