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COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Oconee, Clarke Counties

The seven-day rolling average of added COVID-19 cases dropped in the Northeast Health District.

Posted Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:00 pm ET

Below is a summary of COVID-19 data on Monday for Oconee and Clarke counties and for the entire 10-county Northeast Health District.

The Department of Public Health listed confirmed deaths in Clarke and Morgan counties, and the seven-day rolling average of added confirmed deaths in the Northeast Health District increased slightly.
The Department of Community Health listed a COVID-19 death—not considered to be confirmed by the Department of Public Health—at a nursing home in Oconee County.
The District added 45 new cases of COVID-19, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases decreased.
The rolling averages of added cases in Oconee and Clarke counties also decreased.
Area hospitals reported an increase of six in the number of COVID-19 patients.
Georgia is one of only seven states in the country not reporting vaccinations data by county.
Georgia ranks second from last among states in terms of number of vaccines administered and percentage of the population that is vaccinated.

For details and for state comparisons, please click through to Oconee County Observations.