NE Health District Adds 180 New COVID Cases; Hospital Cases Up

The Northeast Health District added 180 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday and one new confirmed death attributed to the disease.

The 180 added cases of COVID-19 and one death compare with the 63 new cases and no confirmed deaths added in the week ending July 2.

Oconee County added 11 cases in the week ending on Friday, and Clarke County added 51.

In the week ending on July 2, Oconee County added two cases and Clarke County added 14.

The University of Georgia on Wednesday, in its COVID-19 Health and Exposure Update, reported four positive COVID-19 tests.The University had reported no positive COVID-19 tests last week.

The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported on Friday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals was 12, the number of ICU beds in use was 54, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 33.

On Friday a week earlier, the number of COVID-19 patients was seven, the number of ICU beds in use was 52, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 31.

According to the raw data behind the Department of Public Health Vaccine Distribution Dashboard for Friday, 36.7 percent of the residents of the Northeast Health District had at least one dose of a vaccine on Friday and 33.9 percent were fully vaccinated.

Last week, those figures were only slightly lower--36.4 with at least one dose and 33.5 fully vaccinated.

For further data, please go to Oconee County Observations.