Covid-19 Update Reports Another Death in Stephens

Heading into the Labor Day weekend, the Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19. That brings the total to 28 in Stephens County.

Friday’s report shows Stephens County now with 882 total positive cases of Covid-19.

In neighboring counties, DPH is now reporting 65 deaths in Habersham County, and 1,390 total positive cases of the virus, Rabun County has 6 deaths and a total of 293 cases, Hart County has 11 deaths and has had 431 cases, Franklin County has had 596 cases and 11 deaths and Banks County has a total of 395 cases and 6 deaths.

The Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 297,354 total positive cases of Covid-19, of those, 25,402 have been hospitalized and 5,931 have died from complications of the virus.