Stephens County Hospital Testing More for Virus

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, Stephens County now has had 323 cases of COVID-19.

To date, Stephens County has had six deaths due to complications from COVID-19.

The latest report was released Monday.

DPH is reporting that Habersham County has had 771 positive cases of the virus and now 41 fatalities due to complications from the virus.

Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have tested 2,977 individuals for the virus.

Of those, 481 tests have come back positive with 393 patients receiving positive results, 2,464 received negative results, and 32 individuals are still awaiting their results.

According to Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike Hester, 146 patients that have been treated for COVID-19 at Stephens County Hospital or its other facilities have now fully recovered.

Hester adds that they currently have four patients hospitalized at Stephens County Hospital with confirmed case of COVID-19, and two others awaiting results.

 Stephens County Hospital will be hosting a drive-through testing site once per week (every Monday) at differing locations around town. There is no doctor’s order required, but they ask that you please arrive with an ID and your insurance card if you have insurance. The testing site will be open from 8am to noon on Mondays and the schedule is listed below:

• July 20: Mount Zion Baptist Church on Whitman Street, Toccoa
• July 27: The Pointe Church, 4387 Ga-17 Toccoa

In other neighboring counties, Banks County has a total of 158 cases and now two deaths, Rabun County has 86 cases and three deaths, Franklin County has 266 cases and one death, and Hart County has 117 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 120,569 cases, of those, 13,476 have been hospitalized and 3,026 have died from complications of the virus.