Health & Fitness
Drops In COVID Cases, Deaths Reported in NE Health District
Vaccination rates increase just slightly. Slight changes also noted at Oconee County Schools in its Weekly COVID Status Report.
The 10-county Northeast Health District added 303 new cases of COVID-19 in the last seven days ending on Friday, or an average of 43.3 cases per day, and only two confirmed deaths attributed to the disease.
In the week ending on Friday of last week, the District had added 371 cases, or an average of 53.0 cases per day, and eight confirmed deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Oconee County added 15 COVID-19 cases in the week ending on Friday, while Clarke County added 61. The seven-day rolling average of added cases was 2.1 in Oconee County and 8.7 in Clarke County.
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In the week ending on April 20, Oconee County added 22 COVID-19 cases, and Clarke County added 66. The seven-day average of added cases in Oconee County was 3.1. In Clarke County that average was 9.4.
Both of the confirmed deaths in the Northeast Health District this past week were in Walton County.
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These data are based on the Friday Daily Status Report of the Department of Public Health.
For details of reports from area hospitals, Oconee County Schools, the University of Georgia, and the Department of Public Health on vaccinations, please go to Oconee County Observations.