DCH releases report for Long-Term Care Facilities, Pruitt Health reports 67 residents, 40 employees with positive COVID-19 results

The Georgia Department of Community Health has released a Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 report this week.

The report shows COVID-19 cases in licensed nursing homes, assisted living communities and personal care homes of 25 beds or more based on data reported by the facilities to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

In Stephens County, Pruitt Health, in Toccoa, has 133 residents, of those 67 have tested positive for COVID-19 with 7 of those residents dying due to complications from the virus.

The report also shows that 40 of the staff members at Pruitt Health have tested positive for COVID-19.

Additionally, in Stephens County, at the Clary Care Center and Wilkinson Center 19 of its 84 residents have tested positive for the virus.

Six staff members at the Clary Care and Wilkinson Centers have tested positive for the virus.

For additional information regarding this report visit dch.georgia.gov.