Health & Fitness
NE Health District Adds 64 COVID Cases, Two Deaths From Disease
Both of the reported deaths were in Oconee County.
Below is a summary of COVID-19 data on Saturday for Oconee and Clarke counties and for the entire 10-county Northeast Health District.
- The Northeast Health District added 64 cases of COVID-19, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases decreased slightly.
- The District added two confirmed deaths from COVID-19, and that seven-day rolling average also decreased slightly.
- Both of the new deaths from the virus were in Oconee County.
- The seven-day rolling average of added cases increased in Oconee County but decreased in Clarke County.
- The number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals decreased by three from Friday.
- Oconee County, with 27.1 percent of its population fully vaccinated, leads the Northeast Health District in vaccination rates.
For details on this decision on the summary above, please click through to Oconee County Observations.