Health & Fitness
COVID Cases Increase In Oconee, Clarke, NE Health District
Two new confirmed COVID-19 deaths were reported, one in Clarke County.
The Northeast Health District added 411 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday and two new confirmed death attributed to the disease. One of the deaths was in Clarke County.
The 411 added cases of COVID-19 and two deaths compare with the 245 new cases and no confirmed death added in the week ending July 16.
The average of 58.7 new cases per day for the week ending on Friday compares with the average of 35.0 new cases per day for the week ending on July 16.
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Oconee County added 25 cases in the week ending on Friday, and Clarke County added 95.
In the week ending on July 16, Oconee County added 10 cases and Clarke County added 55.
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The seven-day rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Friday per 100,000 population was 8.6, and it was 10.3 in Clarke County.
A week ago those rolling averages had been 3.8 in Oconee County and 6.1 in Clarke County.
The unstandardized rolling average in Oconee County on Friday was 3.6 cases, compared with 13.4 cases in Clarke County. Those figures had been 1.6 in Oconee County and 7.9 in Clarke County a week earlier.
These data are from the Friday Daily Status Report of the Department of Public Health.
For more on this story, please go to Oconee County Observations.