No Additional Area Deaths in Latest DPH Covid-19 Report

The latest report from the Georgia Department of Public Health has Stephens County with 41 deaths related to Covid-19, and 1,258 positive cases of the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.

The latest report was released Thursday afternoon.

The latest report still has Habersham County with 75 deaths, and now 1,856 total positive cases of the virus.

In other neighboring counties, DPH is reporting 16 deaths in Hart County and 564 cases, Rabun County is still  reporting 11 deaths and 417 cases, Banks County is still reporting 8 deaths and 544 cases, and Franklin County with 862 total positive cases and 17 deaths.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 345,535 cases, of those, 30,829 have been hospitalized and 7,729 have died from complications of the virus.