Update on Area COVID-19 Numbers

Here is the latest update on area COVID-19 numbers.  The Georgia Department of Public Health reports 13 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks in Rabun County with 1,608 residents testing positive and 43 residents dying from the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 35 new cases in the last two weeks with 4,734 total cases and 157 deaths, White County reports 21 new cases in the last two weeks with 3,050 total cases and 71 fatalities, and Towns County has had 14 new cases in the last two weeks with 1,172 total cases and 48 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 917,915 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 66,324 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 18,663.