Health & Fitness
Area Hospitals Report Jump In COVID Cases; School Cases At Record
The rolling averages of added cases in Oconee and Clarke counties are at the level of early February.
The 10 county Northeast Health District added 1,964 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday and five new confirmed deaths from the disease. Two of the deaths were in Clarke County.
The 1,964 added cases of COVID-19 and five deaths compare with the 1,371 new cases and three confirmed deaths added in the week ending Aug. 6.
The average of 280.6 new cases per day for the week ending on Friday compares with the average of 195.9 new cases per day for the week ending on Aug. 6.
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Oconee County added 126 cases in the week ending on Friday, compared with 65 on Friday of last week.
Clarke County added 346 new cases on Friday, compared with 275 on Friday of last week.
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The seven-day rolling average of added cases is the highest it has been since Feb. 2 in Oconee County and since Feb. 9 in Clarke County.
Oconee County Schools reported that it had 48 Active COVID-19 Cases as of he end of the day on Friday, the largest number ever reported going back to the beginning of last school year.
The number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals was 150 on Friday, compared with 98 a week earlier.
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