The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 311 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Feb. 28, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.
The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 374 cases in the week ending on Feb. 21, 509 cases in the week ending on Feb. 14, and 485 cases in the week ending on Feb. 7.
The Department of Public Health reported no 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 death from the disease in its report on Feb. 21.
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 Feb. 28 was 44.4, down from was 53.4 on Feb. 21.
Oconee County added 15 new cases in the seven days ending on Feb. 28.
Oconee County had added that same number of new cases in the week ending on Feb. 21.
Clarke County added 55 new cases in the seven days ending on Feb. 28. It had added 75 new cases in the seven days ending on Feb. 21.
The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Feb. 28 was 1.7. It was 2.6 on Feb. 21.
The unstandardized seven-day rolling average of added cases in Clarke County on Feb. 28 was 8.4. It was 10.7 on Feb. 21.
Deaths
The Northeast Health District as a whole now has reported 1,805 confirmed COVID-19 deaths since February of 2020, or 340.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
Clarke County with 257 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 has the lowest rate of deaths per 100,000 population in the 10-county Northeast Health District, at 199.7, followed by Oconee County, which has 109 deaths from the disease, or 260.8 per 100,000 population.
Elbert County has the highest death rate from the disease in the Northeast Health District, with 479.6 deaths per 100,000, and it is followed by Walton County with 458.2 deaths per 100,000.
Elbert County has 94 recorded confirmed deaths and Walton County has 443, the largest number of any county in the district.
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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