Another Covid-19 Related Death Reported by DPH for Stephens

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting a second death in two days from Stephens County bringing the total to 6 deaths due to complications from COVID-19.

The DPH reported Tuesday afternoon that the latest victim is a 78 year old male.

The DPH reports 158 positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Toccoa-Stephens County.

Habersham County is now reporting 600 confirmed cases and 31 deaths.

In other neighboring counties, Rabun County has had 33 positive cases and 3 deaths. Banks County has a total of 110 cases with one death, Franklin County has 142 cases and one death, and Hart County is still at 44 total confirmed cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 59,078 cases, of those, 9,454 have been hospitalized and 2,529 have died from complications of the virus.

Governor Brian Kemp announced Tuesday that the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has reported that 100% of nursing home residents in facilities with 25 or more beds have now been tested for COVID-19. This key milestone marks a 12% improvement in one week. Additionally, staff testing in nursing homes is up 12% week-over-week.

Across all long-term care facilities with 25 beds or more, 77% of residents and 57% of staff members have now been tested, both of which are up 9% in the last week.

On June 4, 2020, DCH began reporting on residents recovered across all long-term care facilities with 25 beds or more. Recovered residents data is the cumulative number of residents who previously tested positive for COVID-19 who have now recovered from the virus based on subsequent negative tests, absence of symptoms, or other appropriate criteria as assessed by the facility or otherwise ascertained.

In DCH’s initial report on residents recovered, 2,759 residents had recovered from COVID-19 out of 6,040 cumulative residents who had tested positive. In DCH’s June 15 report, 3,518 residents have recovered from COVID-19 out of 6,402 total residents who have tested positive.