DPH Reporting 30 More Cases of Covid-19 in Stephens

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 30 more confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Stephens County since Tuesday.

The Wednesday report from the Georgia Department of Public Health has 442 total cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County.

As of Wednesday, Stephens County has had six deaths due to complications from COVID-19.

The Department of Public Health is reporting that Habersham County now has 43 fatalities due to the virus and 890 positive cases of the virus.

Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have tested 3,775 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 670 tests have come back positive with 548 patients receiving positive results, 3,062 received negative results, and 43 individuals are still awaiting their results.

Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike Hester says the hospital currently has five patients hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and one awaiting results.

In other neighboring counties, Franklin County has had 308 cases and three deaths, Banks County has a total of 196 cases and three deaths, Rabun County has 134 cases and three deaths, and Hart County has 175 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 152,302 cases, of those, 15,922 have been hospitalized and 3,335 have died from complications of the virus.