COVID-19 Cases continue to climb in Rabun County

The number of positive cases of the coronavirus continues to climb in Rabun County.  According to the latest figures from the Georgia Department of Public Health, there are now 283 positive cases of the coronavirus in Rabun County with 42 cases reported in the last two weeks.  There have also been six deaths due to complications of the respiratory virus.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County reports 1,363 cases and 62 deaths, White County lists 529 cases and 13 fatalities, and Towns County has 213 cases and six deaths due to complications of the virus.  Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 272,697 positive cases of COVID-19, of those, 24,847 are being hospitalized and 5,733 have died from complications of the virus.