Oconee County Elections Officials Begin Manual Count Of Presidential Votes On Friday

***Using Paper Tally Sheets***

Oconee County Elections officials will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday at the Board of Elections and Registration Office at 10 Court Street in Watksinville what is being called a Risk Limiting Audit of the 25,399 votes cast in the county in the Nov. 3 election.

Cameras will record the work of the elections teams in the room where the audit is being conducted, according to Jennifer Stone, assistant director of Elections and Registration for the county.

Citizens can sit in the lobby of the Elections and Registration Office and watch the work of the auditors as it progresses.

Seven-Day Rolling Averages Of Added COVID-19 Cases And Deaths Increase In Northeast Health District

***Region Reflects Statewide Trends***

Reflecting trends across the state as a whole, the Northeast Health District added 148 confirmed COVID-19 cases based on molecular tests on Thursday, 48 cases based on antigen tests, and four deaths, pushing up the rolling averages in each of the measures of the disease.

The deaths were of a 61-year-old male in Barrow County without a chronic condition, a 62-year-old male in Jackson County with a chronic condition, a 71-year-old female in Walton County without a chronic condition, and an 84-year-old male in Walton County with a chronic condition.

Northeast Health District Adds 123 COVID-19 Cases And Two Deaths From Disease

***University Of Georgia Reports Small Increase In Positive Tests***

The Northeast Health District added 123 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, 88 of them confirmed via molecular tests and 35 identified with antigen rapid tests, and two deaths from the disease, according to Georgia Department of Public Health data.

The deaths listed by the Department of Public Health in the Daily Status Report were of an 80-year-old female in Greene County without a chronic condition and of a 90-plus-year-old male in Jackson County without a known chronic condition.

Northeast Health District Adds 241 COVID-19 Cases In Department Of Public Health Report, Two Deaths From Disease

***Area Hospitals Report Increase In ICU Use

The Northeast Health District added 105 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday based on molecular tests and 136 cases based on antigen tests as well as two deaths–both in Oconee County–attributed to the disease.

The Oconee County deaths were of a 63-year-old male without a known chronic condition and of an 89-year-old male without a known chronic condition.

The two deaths in Oconee County pushed the county’s number of deaths in the Daily Status Report to 34. The county is the third-highest in the 10-county Northeast Health District in deaths per population.

Majority Of Clarke County Voters Prefers To Be Represented In Atlanta By Democrats, And Oconee Voters Help Make Sure They Aren’t

***Oconee GetsTwo Representatives, One Senator***

The clear majority of voters in Athens-Clarke County would like to be represented in the Georgia General Assembly in January by Democrats.

Nearly six in 10 of Athens-Clarke voters cast a ballot for Democrat Mokah Jasmine Johnson in the 117th House District, and two-thirds voted for Democrat Jonathan Wallace in the 119th House District. Both of these Districts are only partially in Athens-Clarke County.

Northeast Health District Adds 64 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases On Monday And Two Deaths From Disease, One In Oconee

***Oconee Test Positivity At 6.6 Percent, Clarke At 5.5 Percent***

The Northeast Health District added 64 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the disease with release of state health reports on Monday. One of the deaths was at a personal care home in Oconee County.

The Department of Community Health Long-Term Care Facility Report on Monday listed a death at Magnolia Estates of Oconee, 1641 Virgil Langford Road, south of SR 316. The new death brings to four the number attributed to COVID-19 at the home, which currently has 23 residents.

Northeast Health District Adds 103 Confirmed COVID Cases, One Death

***Only COVID Death In State In Madison County***

The Northeast Health District added 103 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with the release of the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Sunday and one death from the disease.

The death was of a 61-year-old male in Madison County without a known chronic condition.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased to 1.9 in the District, which had not reported a death from the disease on Sunday of last week.