AUGUSTA, Ga. – Both Georgia and South Carolina are beginning to see both new case of COVID-19 and deaths from the infection stay lower, with no new deaths in South Carolina and two in the Augusta area Monday.
Georgia suffered 36 new deaths to push its toll to 16,523 with 806 new cases to reach 850,413, the Department of Public Health reported. Richmond County saw 13 new cases for 19,170 total and was the only county that had an addition of more than 10. All other area counties added five or fewer new cases: five in Columbia for 10,735, one in Burke for 1,718 and one in Lincoln for 498. The majority of counties remained unchanged: McDuffie at 1,614, Jefferson at 1,552, Screven at 798, Jenkins at 715, Wilkes at 666, Warren at 367, Glascock at 142 and Taliaferro at 100.
Richmond County suffered a new death for 385 total and Wilkes lost a patient for 19, raising the area’s toll to 998.
Georgia Public Health got the results of 12,874 tests, of which 6.26% were positive, well below the overall rate of 10.29%, which fell slightly, according to an analysis by the Augusta Chronicle. The seven-day average for new cases actually rose a bit, from 923.71 to 962,57, although it remained at a level the state saw in mid-June, the analysis showed.
Georgia’s vaccination numbers had not been updated Monday afternoon and so the state remained at 3.2 million doses given of the 4.115 million it had received, or 78%.
University Hospital dropped to 10 COVID-19 inpatients on Monday, six fewer than last week, after discharging 10 and admitting four over the weekend, spokeswoman Rebecca Sylvester said.
Doctors Hospital of Augusta fell to eight patients in the hospital, four fewer than Sunday, but added two new cases for 774 total, spokesman Kaden Jacobs said.
AU Health System climbed four over the weekend to seven patients in the hospital and added one new positive test for 25,949 since the pandemic began, spokeswoman Christen Engel said.
Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta saw five new cases over the weekend for 1,807 total, with 21 active cases among veterans, and remained at 86 deaths, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Augusta VA has fully vaccinated 13,047 people between 11,339 veterans and 1,708 employees.
South Carolina reported no new deaths Monday so its toll remained at 8,053 and added 526 new cases to reach 464,169, the Department of Health and Environmental Control reported. Aiken County saw with new cases for 12,466 and Edgefield County had two more for 2,480. Neither county had a new death so they remained at 174 and 28 respectively.
The state got the results of 18,494 tests, of which 2.84% were positive, less than half the overall rate of 6.9%, which dropped slightly, Chronicle analysis found. The seven-day average for new cases rose a fraction, however, from 553 to 556, the analysis showed.
Doctors Hospital of Augusta fell to eight patients in the hospital, four fewer than Sunday, but added two new cases for 774 total, spokesman Kaden Jacobs said.
AU Health System climbed four over the weekend to seven patients in the hospital and added one new positive test for 25,949 since the pandemic began, spokeswoman Christen Engel said.
Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta saw five new cases over the weekend for 1,807 total, with 21 active cases among veterans, and remained at 86 deaths, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Augusta VA has fully vaccinated 13,047 people between 11,339 veterans and 1,708 employees.
South Carolina reported no new deaths Monday so its toll remained at 8,053 and added 526 new cases to reach 464,169, the Department of Health and Environmental Control reported. Aiken County saw with new cases for 12,466 and Edgefield County had two more for 2,480. Neither county had a new death so they remained at 174 and 28 respectively.
The state got the results of 18,494 tests, of which 2.84% were positive, less than half the overall rate of 6.9%, which dropped slightly, Chronicle analysis found. The seven-day average for new cases rose a fraction, however, from 553 to 556, the analysis showed.
