Update on Area COVID-19 Numbers

Here is the latest update on area COVID-19 numbers.  The Georgia Department of Public Health reports 74 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks in Rabun County with 1,763 residents testing positive and 45 residents dying from the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 353 new cases in the last two weeks with 5,363 total cases and 160 deaths, White County reports 420 new cases in the last two weeks with 3,811 total cases and 78 fatalities, and Towns County has had 109 new cases in the last two weeks with 1,381 total cases and 53 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 1,097,709 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 73,534 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 19,806.