Daily Status Report Lists Five COVID-19 Deaths and 189 New COVID-19 Cases In Northeast Health District

***One Confirmed And One Probable COVID Death In Clarke***

The Northeast Health District added five deaths attributed to COVID-19 with the release of the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Wednesday, 138 confirmed COVID-19 cases based on molecular tests, and 51 cases based on antigen rapid tests.

The seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased from 1.4 deaths per day on Tuesday to 1.6 on Wednesday, the seven-day rolling average of added cases based on the molecular test increased from 129.7 to 133.3, and the seven-day rolling average of added antigen cases dropped from 49.1 to 46.9.

Northeast Health District Adds 181 COVID-19 Cases And Three Deaths From Disease

***Clarke County Has Death In Personal Care Home***

The Northeast Health District added 143 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday based on molecular testing and 38 cases based on rapid antigen tests. It also added three deaths from the disease.

One of the deaths was listed in the Department of Public Health Daily Status Report and was of an 89-year-old male in Jackson County with a chronic condition.

Northeast Health District Adds Five COVID-19 Deaths In Monday Health Department Reports, Two Of Those In Clarke County

***Area Hospitals Show Increased Demands From COVID-19 Spread***

The Department of Public Health and the Department of Community Health reported five deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District on Monday, two of them in Clarke County.

The Department of Public Health also reported 107 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the 10- county Northeast Health District, pushing up the seven-day rolling average of added cases to 131.7 from 121.1 on Sunday. That rolling average has now increased each of the last seven days.

Area hospitals reported strain from the progression of the disease.

District Attorney Runoff Has Strong Partisan Characteristic Despite Lack Of A Republican Candidate

***Turnout Very Hard To Predict***

James Chafin said repeatedly in appearances during the campaign for District Attorney for the Western Judicial Circuit that he chose to run in the special election without a party label because he wanted to keep party politics out of the courtroom where the District Attorney operates.

Intentionally or not, his decision led to a campaign with strong partisan undertones that has spilled over into the runoff that will take place on Dec. 1 and for which early voting began on Monday morning.

Seven-Day Rolling Averages Of Added COVID-19 Cases In Northeast Health District Continue To Climb With Release Of Sunday Report

***No New Confirmed Deaths From Disease Listed***

The Northeast Health District added 82 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Sunday Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased for the sixth day in a row.

The confirmed cases are based on molecular tests, and the Daily Status Report subtracted four cases reported earlier based on the less reliable, rapid, antigen tests.

The Daily Status Report on Sunday did not report any new deaths attributed to the novel corona virus in the 10-county Northeast Health District.

Northeast Health District Adds 337 New COVID-19 Cases And Four Deaths From Disease, Resulting In Increases In Rolling Averages

***Deaths In Oconee And Clarke Counties***

The Northeast Health District added 163 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday based on molecular tests and 174 cases based on antigen rapid tests as well as four deaths from the disease with the release of the Daily Status Report.

One of the added deaths was in Oconee County, and another was in Clarke County.

The seven-day rolling average of added confirmed cases based on the molecular test as well as added cases from the less reliable antigen tests increased, as did the rolling average of added deaths in the 10-county District.

Risk-Limiting Audit Moved Three Votes In Oconee County

***Hand Count Resulted In Changes For Three Absentee Ballots***

President Donald Trump gained one vote in Oconee County and Joseph Biden lost two votes as a result of the Risk-Limiting Audit Full Hand Count of the presidential vote completed locally on Monday.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified the results on Friday, and Gov. Brian Kemp announced he would sign the paperwork to allocate Georgia’s 16 Electoral College votes to Biden.

Trump has two days to demand yet another audit, this one conducted by machine, since he lost by less than a half percentage point. The final gap statewide was 12,284 votes, or 0.2 percentage points.