DPH reports 93 cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 93 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County.

To date, Stephens County has had 1 death due to complications from COVID-19.

Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 392 positive cases of the virus and 15 fatalities due to complications from the virus.

Locally, at Stephens County Hospital, staff have tested 713 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 81 tests have come back positive, 619 received negative results, and 13 individuals are still awaiting their results.

According to hospital staff, of those 81 who have tested positive at Stephens County Hospital and its facilities, 56 have now fully recovered from COVID-19.

In other neighboring counties, Banks County has a total of 38 cases, Rabun County has 14 cases and one death, Franklin County has 28 cases and one death, and Hart County has 18 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 34,848 cases, of those, 6,227 have been hospitalized and 1,494 have died from complications of the virus.

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