Latest DPH Report on Covid-19 Includes Death in Franklin County

The latest report from the Georgia Department of Public Health has Stephens County with 41 deaths related to Covid-19, and 1,265 positive cases of the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.

The latest report was released Monday afternoon.

The latest report has Habersham County with 77 deaths, and now 1,870 total positive cases of the virus.

In other neighboring counties, DPH is reporting another death in Franklin County bringing the total to 18 and now 924 positive cases, 16 deaths in Hart County and 574 cases, Rabun County is still  reporting 11 deaths and 425 cases, and Banks County is still reporting 8 deaths and now 553 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 351,881 cases, of those, 31,087 have been hospitalized and 7,827 have died from complications of the virus.