Latest Covid-19 Numbers from DPH

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 663 positive cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths due to complications of the virus.

The latest report was released Wednesday afternoon.

DPH is reporting 50 deaths in Habersham County and a total of 1173 positive cases of the virus.

Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have tested 4,289 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 838 tests have come back positive with 661 patients receiving positive results, 3,421 received negative results, and 30 individuals are still awaiting their results.

Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike Hester says the hospital currently has six patients hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and five others who are hospitalized pending test results.

In other neighboring counties, Franklin County has had 423 cases and six deaths, Banks County has a total of 280 cases and now five deaths, Rabun County has 230 cases and three deaths, and Hart County has 325 cases and seven deaths.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 226,153 cases, of those, 21,379 have been hospitalized and 4,456 have died from complications of the virus.