The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported on Friday that area hospitals had 30 COVID-19 patients, up from 19 on Friday of last week.
The number of ICU beds in use on Friday was 69, up from 61 a week earlier, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 29, up from 28 last Friday.
Oconee County voters cast 11,773 votes in-person in the five allowed days of early voting leading up to the Tuesday runoff between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker for the U.S. Senate.
That is 3,094 fewer votes than the 14,867 votes that were cast in the 17 days of early voting leading up to the Nov. 8 election.
The rezone request for a shopping center with a Publix at the intersection of the Oconee Connector and Mars Hill Road changed course on Monday when an attorney for property owner Maxie Price submitted a five-page letter and a 144-page supplemental document to the county.
In that letter, Attorney David Ellison argued that the county is obligated by past decisions to provide Price with a full commercial access to the Oconee Connector rather than the limited right-in, right-out access recommended by the planning staff of the county.
The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported on Friday that area hospitals had 19 COVID-19 patients, the same number as on Friday of last week.
The number of ICU beds in use on Friday was 61, down from 71 a week earlier, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 28, up from 26 last Friday.
The Oconee County Board of Education last week voted 4 to 0 to approve a redistricting plan to populate the new Dove Creek Middle School and make other adjustments at the elementary school level.
In announcing the approval of the plan, Dallas LeDuff, Associate Superintendent of Oconee County Schools, cited growth in enrollments since 2013 and the fact that Malcom Bridge Middle School currently is above the capacity of 1,000 students agreed to by the Board.
The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported on Friday that area hospitals had 19 COVID-19 patients, up from 13 last Friday.
The number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals had been 19 two weeks ago.
The number of ICU beds in use on Friday was 71, up from 65 a week earlier and 69 two weeks ago, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 26, up from 24 on last Friday but down from 27 two weeks ago.
The results of the election in Oconee County last week do not follow a simple narrative.
Voters gave their strongest support to Post 2 Board of Education candidate Amy Parrish, an incumbent Republican who was unapologetic about her vote for the School Board’s request for a nearly 10 percent increase in property taxes.
Oconee voters gave their second strongest support to Republican Post 3 Board of Education candidate Ryan Hammock, who was muted in his criticism of the Board of Education.
