Update on Area COVID-19 Numbers

Here is the latest update on area COVID-19 numbers.  The Georgia Department of Public Health reports 53 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks in Rabun County with 2,771 residents testing positive and 74 residents dying from the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 131 new cases in the last two weeks with 8,353 total cases and 221 deaths, White County reports 107 new cases in the last two weeks with 6,209 total cases and 133 fatalities, and Towns County has had 40 new cases in the last two weeks with 2,002 total cases and 76 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 1,904,915 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 106,794 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 29,275.