Updated Covid-19 Report from DPH

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 1,305 positive cases of the Covid-19 virus and still 42 deaths since the beginning of the global pandemic.

The latest report was released Tuesday afternoon.

The latest report still has Habersham County with 78 deaths, and now 1,917 total positive cases of the virus.

In other neighboring counties, Hart County is still reporting 17 deaths and now 605 cases, Franklin County has had a total of 18 deaths and now 974 positive cases,  Rabun County is still  reporting 11 deaths and now 439 cases, and Banks County is still reporting 8 deaths, but now 583 cases.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 364,589 cases, of those, 31,893 have been hospitalized and 8,029 have died from complications of the virus.