NE Health District Adds 141 COVID Cases, Four Deaths From Disease

Oconee GA

28 May, 2021

10:06 PM

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The Northeast Health District added 141 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday and four new confirmed deaths attributed to the disease. The 141 added cases of COVID-19 compare with the 199 added cases and the six confirmed deaths added in the week ending May 21. The average of 20.1 new cases per day for the week ending on Friday compares with the average of 28.4 new cases per day for the week ending on May 21. Oconee County added four cases in the week ending on Friday, while Clarke County added 28. In the week ending on May 21, Oconee County added five cases and Clarke County added 36. One of the confirmed deaths in the last week in the 10-county Northeast Health District was in Oconee County, while the others were in Barrow, Morgan, and Oglethorpe counties. The Oconee County death was of a 90-plus-year-old male without a chronic condition. For more on this story, please click through to Oconee County Observations.