The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 544 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Jan. 31, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.
The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 406 cases in the week ending Jan. 24, 481 cases in the week ending on Jan. 17, 403 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Jan. 10, and 278 cases in the week ending on Jan. 3.
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 one new confirmed death from the disease in its report on Jan. 24.
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. 31 was 77.1, up from 58.0 on Jan. 24.
Oconee County added 36 new cases in the seven days ending on Jan. 31.
Oconee County had added 19 new cases in the week ending on Jan. 24.
Clarke County added 114 new cases in the seven days ending on Jan. 31. It had added 92 new cases in the seven days ending on Jan. 24.
The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Jan. 31 was 5.0. It had been 2.9 on Jan. 24.
The unstandardized seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County on Jan. 31 was 17.0, up from 13.9 on Jan. 24.
Deaths
The new confirmed death from COVID-19 was in Barrow County, as it had been a week earlier.
The death in Barrow County brings to 275 the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in that county since the onset of the pandemic in February of 2020, or 329.3 deaths per 100,000 population.
The total number of confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District now stands at 1,797, or 339.0 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 after Clarke County.
Clarke County has reported 255 deaths from COVID-19 since February of 2020, or 198.2 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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