Area Positive Cases of Covid Reporting Low Numbers

The latest DPH Report for the six county area of Stephens, Habersham, Franklin, Hart, Rabun, and Banks is showing an increase of only 8 positive cases of Covid-19, but one death.

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting a total of 71 deaths in Stephens County with 2,867 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic.

The latest report was released Wednesday afternoon.

The latest report has an additional death in Habersham County bringing the total to 138, but nine less positive cases recorded for a total now of 4,544 positive cases of the virus.

In other neighboring counties, Franklin County still has a total of 37 deaths and now 2,271 positive cases of the virus, Rabun County is now reporting 1,438 cases and 36 deaths, and Hart County is still reporting 1,651 cases and 35 deaths, and Banks County is still reporting 33 deaths and 1,557 cases.

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there were 1,526 cases reported since Tuesday for a total now of 823,008 positive cases of the virus across the state of Georgia, of those 118 more were hospitalized bringing that total now to 56,369, and 140 more died bringing the total death count due to complications of the virus to 15,349.