Update on Area COVID-19 Numbers

Here is the latest update on area COVID-19 numbers.  The Georgia Department of Public Health reports 9 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks in Rabun County with 1,602 residents testing positive and 42 residents dying from the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 24 new cases in the last two weeks with 4,722 total cases and 156 deaths, White County reports 14 new cases in the last two weeks with 3,037 total cases and 70 fatalities, and Towns County has had 16 new cases in the last two weeks with 1,168 total cases and 48 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 912,776 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 66,026 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 18,624.