COVID-19 Numbers down in Rabun County

Positive cases of COVID-19 are declining in Rabun County.  According to the latest figures from the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have now been 1,438 cases of the deadly respiratory virus in Rabun County with 36 new cases reported in the last two weeks.  In addition, 36 deaths have now been attributed to COVID-19 in Rabun County. In other neighboring counties, Habersham County has had 4,544 cases and 138 deaths, White County lists 2,868 cases and 63 fatalities, and Towns County reports 1,019 cases and 39 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 823,008 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 56,369 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 15,349.