990 Cases of COVID-19 have now been reported in Rabun Co.

The number of positive cases of COVID-19 continues to grow in Rabun County.  According to the latest figures from the Georgia Department of Public Health, Rabun County now has 990 positive cases of the respiratory virus.  There have been 187 cases reported in Rabun County in the last two weeks.  In addition, 17 people have died from the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County reports 3,422 cases and 87 deaths, White County lists 1,935 cases and 34 fatalities, and Towns County has had 715 cases and 26 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of  552,712 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 41,403 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 9,759.