DPH reports another increase of COVID-19 cases in Stephens County

The Monday report from the Georgia Department of Public Health has 484 total cases and six deaths due to complications of COVID-19 in Stephens County.

The Department of Public Health is reporting that Habersham County has 48 fatalities due to the virus and 943 positive cases of the virus.

Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have tested 4,021 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 761 tests have come back positive with 603 patients receiving positive results, 3,228 received negative results, and 39 individuals are still awaiting their results.

Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike Hester says the hospital currently has eight patients hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19.

In other neighboring counties, Franklin County has had 327 cases and three deaths, Banks County has a total of 209 cases and three deaths, Rabun County has 159 cases and three deaths, and Hart County has 207 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 170,843 cases, of those, 17,138 have been hospitalized and 3,509 have died from complications of the virus.