Employee Tests Positive-Stephens County Hospital Test All in Wilkinson-Clary

Following Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s report Tuesday of extensive testing in Nursing and Personal Care Homes, Stephens County Hospital is reporting that an employee at  Clary Care Center has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The hospital reports that the employee has worn a mask and any other needed personal protective equipment required when in contact with residents. The employee is on quarantine at home and will not be returning to work until the employee has tested negative. As a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of residents and employees, SCH decided to test all residents and staff in their Personal Care Homes.

In total, 85 residents were tested. 3 have tested positive at the Clary Care Center and 2 have tested positive at the Wilkinson Center. Of the 51 employees that were tested, 1 has tested positive.

Stephens County Hospital reports that they are monitoring this situation extremely closely and taking every precaution to prevent further spread of the virus. No visitors are allowed at either of these facilities and all residents are isolated. The hospital is not transferring any of these residents to other facilities unless they begin to show symptoms of illness requiring hospitalization. All staff are wearing full protective equipment and are strictly following CDC guidelines for infection prevention.

Overall, the hospital reports that 1,420 total tests for Covid-19 have been completed at their facilities with 152 positive results. The hospital is also now updating the public on total number of tests. 120 total patients have tested positive with some testing positive on multiple occasions. There have been 1,210 negative results, and 58 pending.

Stephens County Hospital currently has 2 patients hospitalized with a confirmed positive test for Covid-19, and 2 awaiting results.

107 patients treated for COVID-19 at Stephens County Hospital or Stephens County Hospital Physician Group Clinics have now fully recovered.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the DPH reports 161 positive cases of COVID-19 and 6 deaths due to complications from COVID-19 in Stephens County.

Habersham County is now reporting 612 confirmed cases and 33 deaths.

In other neighboring counties, Rabun County has had 33 positive cases and 3 deaths. Banks County’s total cases has been adjusted to 108 with no deaths, Franklin County has 144 cases and one death, and Hart County is still at 44 total confirmed cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 60,030 cases, of those, 9,543 have been hospitalized and 2,575 have died from complications of the virus.