Thursday’s Covid-19 Area Report

The Thursday Covid-19 report from the Georgia Department of Public Health showed just a slight rise in cases in this area of Northeast Georgia for the 2nd straight day.

The latest Georgia Department of Public Health report shows Stephens County now with 875 total positive cases of Covid-19 and 27 deaths.

In neighboring counties, DPH is now reporting 64 deaths in Habersham County, and 1,376 total positive cases of the virus, Rabun County has 6 deaths and a total of 290 cases, Hart County has 11 deaths and has had 427 cases, Franklin County has had 582 cases and 11 deaths and Banks County has a total of 392 cases and 6 deaths.

The positive case and death rate across the state of Georgia was also only up slightly. The Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 277,288, of those, 25,259 have been hospitalized and 5,868 have died from complications of the virus.