Update on Area COVID-19 Numbers 

Here is the latest update on area COVID-19 numbers.  The Georgia Department of Public Health reports 38 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks in Rabun County with 2,780 residents testing positive and 75 residents dying from the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 78 new cases in the last two weeks with 8,366 total cases and 226 deaths, White County reports 72 new cases in the last two weeks with 6,230 total cases and 134 fatalities, and Towns County has had 28 new cases in the last two weeks with 2,017 total cases and 78 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 1,909,595 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 107,425 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 29,632.