Latest Covid-19 Report includes death in Habersham

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 1,334 positive cases of Covid-19 in Stephens County and 43 deaths due to complications of Covid-19 since the beginning of the global pandemic.

The latest report was released Tuesday afternoon.

The latest report now has Habersham County with 77 deaths, and now 1,953 total positive cases of the virus.

In other neighboring counties, Franklin County is  reporting 19 deaths and 1,023 positive cases, Hart County is reporting 19 deaths and now 635 cases,    Rabun County is still  reporting 11 deaths and now 462 cases, and Banks County is still reporting 9 deaths, and now 607 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 376,054 cases, of those, 32,631 have been hospitalized and 8,264 have died from complications of the virus.