Monday, April 27, 2020

After Losing Cases On Sunday, Northeast Health District Adds 12 New Cases Of Confirmed COVID-19 On Monday

***Group Of Area Leaders Call For Continued Social Distancing***

The Northeast Health District added 12 cases of confirmed COVID-19 with the noon Daily Status Report on Monday, with all of the six counties in the region that lost cases in the noon Daily Status Report on Sunday adding cases on Monday.

Clarke, Jackson, and Oglethorpe counties added the same number of cases on Monday as they had lost on Sunday. Oconee County had lost two cases on Sunday and added three on Monday, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 56.

Sunday, April 26, 2020

SPLOST Requests Explained At Virtual Town Hall Meeting Of Oconee County Commissioners

***List Exceeds Likely Tax Yield***

The wish list for the 2021 Oconee County Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax is a long and expensive one, including $21.5 million for road projects and $18.8 million for water and sewer facilities.

The total request before the Board of Commissioners is for just less than $78.5 million.

Georgia Public Health Sunday Report Removed Confirmed COVID-19 Cases From 6 Counties, Including Oconee And Clarke

*** No Explanation Offered***

The Georgia Department of Public Health in its noon Daily Status Report on Sunday removed or reassigned 14 confirmed COVID-19 cases allocated to six of the counties in the Northeast Health District at noon on Saturday and added 11 cases to the remaining four.

The Daily Status Report offered no explanation for the changes in the cumulative figures. The Department of Public Health also has refused to explain how it assigns cases to counties.

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Seven-Day Rolling Averages Of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Grew On Saturday In Northeast Health District And State

***No New Deaths In Region***

The Northeast Health District of the Georgia Department of Health added 26 new cases with the noon Daily Status Report on Saturday as each of the 10 counties in the district added at least one case except for Clarke and Morgan counties.

Oconee County added a single case, while bordering Walton County added nine cases and Oglethrope County added seven cases.

Friday, April 24, 2020

Counties In Northeast Health District, Including Oconee County, Add 34 New COVID-19 Cases, Bringing Total to 595

***Rolling Average Continues To Decline***

Nine of the 10 counties in the Northeast Health District of the Georgia Department of Public Health added confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the noon Daily Status Report for Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 595.

The 34 new cases were up from the 27 added at noon on Thursday, but down from the 38 cases added on Friday a week ago.

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Oconee County Goes Third Day Without New Confirmed COVID-19 Case; Northeast Health District Adds 27 Cases

***Cases And Death Increase In State***

Oconee County had its third straight day on Thursday without a new confirmed case of COVID-19 added in the noon Daily Status Report of the Georgia Department of Public Health. The county has 53 confirmed cases.

Clarke County added three cases, and the 10-county Northeast Health District as a whole added 27 cases, up from 24 added in the noon Daily Status Report on Wednesday.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Oconee County Added No New Cases Of COVID-19 With Noon Daily Status Report For Wednesday

***Northeast Region Added 24 New Cases***

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District, which includes Oconee and Clarke counties, increased by 24 in the Wednesday noon Daily Status Report of the Georgia Department of Public Health.

The Wednesday increase is the same number as was shown from Monday to the noon Daily Status Report on Tuesday.