Update on Area COVID-19 Numbers

Here is the latest update on area COVID-19 numbers.  The Georgia Department of Public Health reports 127 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks in Rabun County with 1,855 residents testing positive and 46 residents dying from the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 529 new cases in the last two weeks with 5,748 total cases and 160 deaths, White County reports 494 new cases in the last two weeks with 4,116 total cases and 89 fatalities, and Towns County has had 87 new cases in the last two weeks with 1,427 total cases and 55 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 1,144,884 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 75,702 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 20,453.