DPH Reporting Another Death Related to Covid-19 in Stephens

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County, bringing its total to 12 fatalities and 588 cases of COVID-19.

The Department of Public Health is reporting that Habersham County has 48 fatalities due to the virus and 1,102 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 390 cases and five deaths, Banks County has a total of 255 cases and three deaths, Rabun County has 203 cases and three deaths, and Hart County has 284 cases and four deaths.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 204,895 cases, of those, 20,002 have been hospitalized and 4,026 have died from complications of the virus.