DPH reports increase of 39 cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County since Friday

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 1,510 positive cases of Covid-19, an increase of 39 since Friday, and still 45 deaths in Stephens County since the beginning of the global pandemic.

The latest report was released Sunday afternoon.

The latest report has Habersham County with 80 deaths and a total of 2,302 positive cases of the virus, an increase of 45 since Friday.

In other neighboring counties, Hart County is still reporting 20 deaths and now 728 cases, Franklin County is still  reporting 19 deaths and now 1,180 positive cases, Rabun County is still  reporting 11 deaths and now 578 cases, and Banks County is now reporting 12 deaths, and 758 cases.

The Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 420,601 cases around the state, of those, 34,782 have been hospitalized, and 8,778 have died from complications of the virus.