DPH is reporting 621 cases of COVID-19

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 621 positive cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County.

To date, there have been 12 individuals who died from complications of the virus.

The Department of Public Health is also reporting that Habersham County now has 49 fatalities due to the virus and 1,141 positive cases of the virus.

Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have tested 4,218 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 820 tests have come back positive with 643 patients receiving positive results, 3,363 received negative results, and 35 individuals are still awaiting their results.

Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike Hester says the hospital currently has six patients hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and five others who are hospitalized pending test results.

In other neighboring counties, Franklin County has had 401 cases and six deaths, Banks County has a total of 271 cases and four deaths, Rabun County has 215 cases and three deaths, and Hart County has 305 cases and seven deaths.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 216,596 cases, of those, 20,628 have been hospitalized and 4,199 have died from complications of the virus.