Area Covid-19 Numbers Light since Sunday

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 1,293 positive cases of the Covid-19 virus and 42 deaths since the beginning of the global pandemic.

The latest report was released Monday afternoon.

The latest report still has Habersham County with 78 deaths, and now 1,910 total positive cases of the virus.

In other neighboring counties, Hart County is still reporting 17 deaths and now 602 cases, Franklin County has had a total of 18 deaths and now 965 positive cases,  Rabun County is still  reporting 11 deaths and 437 cases, and Banks County is still reporting 8 deaths, but now 576 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 362,921 cases, of those, 31,735 have been hospitalized and 7,999 have died from complications of the virus.