31 Deaths now attributed to COVID-19 in Rabun County

Thirty-one deaths have now been attributed to COVID-19 in Rabun County.  According to the latest figures from the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have now been 1,310 positive cases of the respiratory virus in Rabun County with 125 positive cases reported in the last two weeks.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County reports 4,251 cases and 109 deaths, White County lists 2,589 cases and 52 fatalities, and Towns County has had 879 cases and 29 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 722,062 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 48,498 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 11,854.