Oconee COVID Cases Reach March Levels; Hospital Cases Increase

The 10 county Northeast Health District added 1,271 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday and three new confirmed deaths from the disease.

The 1,371 added cases of COVID-19 and three deaths compare with the 837 new cases and one confirmed death added in the week ending July 30.

The average of 195.9 new cases per day for the week ending on Friday compares with the average of 119.6 new cases per day for the week ending on July 30.

Oconee County added 65 cases in the week ending on Friday, and Clarke County added 275.

The unstandardized rolling average of added cases in Oconee County on Friday was 9.6 cases, compared with 39.1 cases in Clarke County. Those figures had been 9.3 in Oconee County and 25.1 in Clarke County a week earlier.

The unstandardized rolling average in Oconee County has not been at this level since the end of March. The unstandardized rolling average in Clarke County has not been this high since the middle of February.

The Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported on Friday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals was 98, the number of ICU beds in use was 68, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 44.

On Friday a week earlier, the number of COVID-19 patients was 65, the number of ICU beds in use was 58, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 37.

For more on this story, please go to Oconee County Observations.