Latest DPH Covid-19 Report for Area

The latest report from the Georgia Department of Public Health  has Stephens County with 1,083 positive cases of the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic, and 38 deaths related to the virus.

The latest report was released Wednesday afternoon.

DPH is still reporting Habersham County with 67 deaths, and now 1,674 total positive cases of the virus.

Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have administered 5,175 COVID-19 tests.

Of those, 1,041 tests have come back positive with 830 patients receiving positive results, some have tested positive on multiple occasions, 4,116 received negative results, and 18 individuals are still awaiting their results.

Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike Hester says the hospital currently has three patients hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and four others hospitalized awaiting results.

In other neighboring counties, Rabun County is now reporting 10 deaths and 344 cases, Hart County has had 13 deaths and now 521 cases, Banks County is reporting 8 deaths and 488 cases, and Franklin County with 758 total positive cases and 13 deaths.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 318,026 cases, of those, 28,522 have been hospitalized and 7,021 have died from complications of the virus.