Health & Fitness
NE Health District Adds 24 Confirmed COVID-19 Deaths In Last Week
Three of the deaths are in Clarke County. Case Count also increases.
The 10 county Northeast Health District added 3,331 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday and 24 new confirmed deaths from the disease.
Three of the confirmed deaths were in Clarke County.
The 3,331 added cases of COVID-19 and 24 deaths compare with the 3,218 new cases and 12 confirmed deaths added in the week ending Aug. 27.
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The average number of added cases in the District was 475.9 per day for the week ending on Friday, compared with 459.7 per day in the week ending Aug. 27.
The increase in cases gives some hint that growth is leveling off. On Aug. 20, the average number of added cases that week was 365.4
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The number of deaths, however, doubled from six for the week ending Aug. 20, to the 12 last week and again to the 24 for the week ending Friday.
Oconee County added 200 cases in the week ending on Friday, compared with 212 on Friday of last week.
Clarke County added 718 new cases on Friday, compared with 679 on Friday of last week.
As of the end of classes on Tuesday, Oconee County Schools had recorded 206 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the school year on Aug. 4.
For more on COVID-19 in Oconee County, Clarke County, and the Northeast Health District, please click through to Oconee County Observations.