COVID Cases Up In Oconee, Clarke, Area Hospitals, Oconee Schools

The 10 county Northeast Health District added 2,558 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday and six new confirmed deaths from the disease.

The 2,558 added cases of COVID-19 and six deaths compare with the 1,964 new cases and five confirmed deaths added in the week ending Aug. 13.

Oconee County added 168 cases in the week ending on Friday, compared with 126 on Friday of last week.

Clarke County added 466 new cases on Friday, compared with 346 on Friday of last week.

The seven-day rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Friday per 100,000 population was 54.7, and it was 51.4 in Clarke County.

A week ago those rolling averages had been 40.3 in Oconee County and had been 37.6 in Clarke County.

Oconee County Schools reported 71 Active COVID-19 Cases at the end of the day on Friday, the largest number ever recorded in the Friday report going back to the beginning of last school year.

The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported on Friday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals was 208, the number of ICU beds in use was 73, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 62.

On Friday a week earlier, the number of COVID-19 patients was 150, the number of ICU beds in use was 70, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 48.

For more detail on the data available on Friday regarding COVID-19, please go to Oconee County Observations.