Eight More Cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County

The number of positive cases of COVID-19 continues to rise in Rabun County with eight more being reported.  The latest report from the Georgia Department of Public Health lists Rabun County with 779 cases of the respiratory virus.  There have now been 195 cases reported in Rabun County in the last two weeks.  In addition, there have been 14 deaths in Rabun County since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County reports 2,767 cases and 82 deaths, White County lists 1,583 cases and 28 fatalities, and Towns County has had 625 cases and 23 deaths.  Across the state, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 479,340 cases, of those, 37,737 have been hospitalized, and 9,218 have died from complications of the virus.