Update on Area COVID-19 Numbers

Here is the latest update on area COVID-19 numbers.  The Georgia Department of Public Health reports 4 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks in Rabun County with 1,570 residents testing positive and 41 residents dying from the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County lists 7 new cases in the last two weeks with 4,679 total cases and 153 deaths, White County reports 16 new cases in the last two weeks with 3,008 total cases and 68 fatalities, and Towns County has had 8 new cases in the last two weeks with 1,127 total cases and 45 deaths.  According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of 897,864 positive cases of the virus across the state, of those, 64,055 have been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now risen to 18,190.