Newest Covid Numbers in Northeast Georgia

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 48 COVID-related deaths in

Stephens County with 2,089 residents testing positive for the virus, since the

beginning of the global pandemic.

 

The latest report has Habersham County with 86 deaths and now 3,379 positive cases

of the virus.

 

In other neighboring counties, Franklin County has had 21 deaths and 1,591 positive

cases, Rabun County is now reporting 978 cases and 17 deaths, Hart County is

reporting 1,090 cases and 20 deaths, and Banks County is reporting 18 deaths and

1,098 cases.

 

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been a total of

546,859 positive cases of the virus across the state of Georgia, of those, 40,952 have

been hospitalized and the total death count due to complications of the virus has now

risen to 9,719.