DPH reports 26 Cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County

There are now 26 positive cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County.  According to the latest figures from the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), Rabun County has had 1 death due to complications from the respiratory virus.  Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 562 positive cases of the virus and 26 fatalities due to complications from the virus.  In other neighboring counties, White County has a total of 114 cases with 3 deaths and Towns County has 30 cases and 1 death.  Across the state, the Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 52,497 cases, of those, 8,746 have been hospitalized and 2,208 have died from complications of the virus.