DPH Reporting Another Covid-19 Related Death in Stephens

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19 bringing the total to 13.

DPH is reporting a total of 655 positive cases of the virus in Stephens County, an increase of 32 cases since Monday’s report.

The latest report was released Tuesday afternoon.

DPH is now reporting 50 deaths in Habersham County and a total of 1157 positive cases of the virus.

Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have tested 4,289 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 838 tests have come back positive with 661 patients receiving positive results, 3,421 received negative results, and 30 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 416 cases and six deaths, Banks County has a total of 275 cases and four deaths, Rabun County has 227 cases and three deaths, and Hart County has 322 cases and seven deaths.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 222,588 cases, of those, 21,031 have been hospitalized and 4,351 have died from complications of the virus.