COVID-19 Numbers flattening in Northeast Georgia

COVID-19 numbers are flattening in northeast Georgia.  The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 41 COVID-19-related deaths in Rabun County with 1,540 residents testing positive for the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 153 deaths and 4,653 cases, White County reports 67 fatalities and 2,978 cases, and Towns County has had 44 deaths and 1,106 cases.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 884,283 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 62,010 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 17,644.