DPH continues to report 147 cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 147 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County.

To date, Stephens County has had two deaths due to complications from COVID-19.

Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 530 positive cases of the virus and 23 fatalities due to complications from the virus.

Locally, at Stephens County Hospital, staff have tested 1,022 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 116 tests have come back positive, 885 received negative results, and 21 individuals are still awaiting their results.

According to hospital staff, of those 116 who have tested positive at Stephens County Hospital and its facilities, 90 have now fully recovered from COVID-19.

Additionally, there are two patients currently hospitalized at Stephens County Hospital with confirmed cases of COVID-19.

According to Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike Hester, visitor restrictions remain in place for Stephens County Hospital.

He says patients coming for Labor and Delivery are allowed one support person.

Patients coming for outpatient surgery are allowed one support person; and Patients who are admitted to the hospital are allowed on support person for end of life discussions.

No visitors under the age of 16 are allowed at this time.

In other neighboring counties, Banks County has a total of 92 cases with one death, Rabun County has 23 cases and one death, Franklin County has 104 cases and one death, and Hart County has 33 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 48,207 cases, of those, 8,334 have been hospitalized and 2,102 have died from complications of the virus.