The Northeast Health District of the Department of Public Health added three COVID-19 deaths and 136 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday with the release of the Daily Status Report.
Clarke County had its 18th COVID-19 death, of a 62-year-old male without a known chronic condition.
Walton County, which had added two deaths on Wednesday, added two more on Thursday, bringing its total to 39, the most of any of the 10 counties in the District.
The Northeast Health District added a record 229 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Department of Public Health Death Status Report on Wednesday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases was 158.9, just slightly above the record set two days ago of 158.6.
Clarke County led the 10-county region with 69 new cases, but every county in the district added cases. Oconee County added 12 cases.
The number of students selecting the distance learning/digital option rather than in-person instruction increased by 165 in last two weeks before school started on Wednesday, Meri Blackburn told the members of Oconee County School Board earlier this week.
Blackburn said that the final figures were 1,111 students (13.4 percent) deciding not to attend in-person classes while 7,167 chose the in-person option.
For the second day in a row, the Northeast Health District added fewer confirmed COVID-19 cases than it had on the same day a week earlier, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped to 150.7 on Tuesday from 158.6 on Monday. The average had been 160.4 on Sunday.
Across the state, the number of added cases of COVID-19 seems to have plateaued, and the 10-county Northeast Health District now may be following suit.
Oconee County taxpayers will get a second chance to voice their opinions on the county’s plans to approve a property tax rate for 2020 when the Board of Commissioners holds a public hearing before its regular meeting on Tuesday
The proposed property tax rate, or millage rate, will be the same in 2020 as it was in 2019, and the county budget, which went into effect with the beginning of the 2021 Fiscal Year on July 1, has been approved based on that rate.
The Northeast Health District added 85 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, the fewest it has added per day in more than a week, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped to 158.6 from 160.4 on Sunday.
Mondays usually are light days in reporting cases to the Department of Public Health for its Daily Status Report, but the 85 cases compared with 98 a week earlier.
The Northeast Health District added 97 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased to a new record of 160.4.
Oconee County added seven cases, and Clarke County added 23. All of the remaining eight counties in the District except for Elbert County added one or more cases in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Sunday.
