COVID-19 Cases declining in Rabun County

COVID-19 cases are declining in Rabun County.  According to the latest numbers from the Georgia Department of Public Health, Rabun County has had 1,468 positive cases of the virus since the start of the global pandemic with 38 deaths attributed to COVID-19.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County reports 4,585 cases and 143 deaths, White County lists 2,912 cases and 64 fatalities, and Towns County has had 1,054 cases and 42 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been 851,306 cases across the state, of those 58,660 have been hospitalized, and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 16,533.