Little Change in Area COVID-19 Numbers

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 40 COVID-19-related deaths in Rabun County with 1,495 residents testing positive for the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 147 deaths and 4,618 cases, White County reports 65 fatalities and 2,945 cases, and Towns County has had 42 deaths and 1,059 cases.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 864,895 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 60,057 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 17,072.