COVID-19 Cases continue to climb in Rabun County

The number of positive cases of the coronavirus continues to climb in Rabun County with two more cases and one more fatality reported.  According to the latest figures from the Georgia Department of Public Health, there are now 257 positive cases of the coronavirus in Rabun County and five deaths due to complications of the respiratory virus.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County reports 1,279 cases and 59 deaths, White County lists 450 cases and nine fatalities, and Towns County has 187 cases and five deaths due to complications of the virus.  Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 258,354 positive cases of COVID-19, of those, 23,717 are being hospitalized and 5,262 have died from complications of the virus.