DPH reporting 898 total positive cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 28 total deaths in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19; additionally, there are 898 total positive cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County.

The latest report was released Monday afternoon.

DPH is also reporting Habersham County now has 65 deaths, and 1,404 total positive cases of the virus.

In other neighboring counties,  Franklin County has had 612 cases and 11 deaths, Rabun County has a total of 297 cases and 7 deaths, Hart County has had 444 cases and 11 deaths, and Banks County has a total of 408 cases and now 6 deaths.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 283,807 cases, of those, 25,538 have been hospitalized and 6,044 have died from complications of the virus.