57 Cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County

The number of positive cases of COVID-19 has risen dramatically in Rabun County.  According to the latest figures from the Georgia Department of Public Health, Rabun County has 57 positive cases of the virus, which is up from 45 cases reported on Thursday.  Rabun County also has 16 hospitalizations and 3 deaths.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County has 717 cases and 36 deaths, White County reports 151 cases and 4 deaths, and Towns County has 50 cases and 1 death.   Across the state, the Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 95,516 cases of the respiratory virus, of those, 11,775 have been hospitalized and 2,860 have died from complications of the virus.