DPH reports 36 cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 36 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County.

As of 12 p.m. Monday afternoon, the Department of Public Health updated its website to reflect the most current numbers.

Habersham County has been hit the hardest with 79 positive cases of the virus and two fatalities due to complications from the virus.

Locally, at Stephens County Hospital, staff have tested 151 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 22 tests have come back positive, 126 received negative results, and three are still awaiting their results.

On Friday, Stephens County had its first death due to complications of COVID-19.

In other neighboring counties, Banks County has a total of 14 cases, Rabun County has seven, Franklin County has 11, and Hart County has six cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 18,947 cases, of those, 3,550 have been hospitalized and 733 have died from complications of the virus.

Both the Georgia Department of Public Health and Stephens County Hospital continue to post daily updates on their websites at dph.georgia.gov and stephenscountyhospital.com, respectively.