Latest Area Covid-19 Report

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting one more positive case of Covid-19 in Stephens County bringing the total to 1308 and 43 deaths due to complications of Covid-19 since the beginning of the global pandemic.

The latest report was released Thursday afternoon.

The latest report still has Habersham County with 78 deaths, and now 1,930 total positive cases of the virus.

In other neighboring counties, Hart County is now reporting 18 deaths and now 613 cases, Franklin County has had a total of 18 deaths and now 989 positive cases,  Rabun County is still  reporting 11 deaths and now 445 cases, and Banks County is still reporting 8 deaths, but now 589 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 368,368 cases, of those, 32,217 have been hospitalized and 8,126 have died from complications of the virus.