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White County has had over 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
White County has had over 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Tuesday, Nov. 3, report from the Georgia Department of Public Health, White County has 1,031 confirmed cases, and 12 antigen positive cases. White County had its first confirmed case reported in mid-March.
As of Nov. 2, the White County Emergency Management Agency considered 715 cases to be recoveries out of the 1,022 cases reported by DPH at that time. A patient is considered to have recovered 21 days after a confirmed case report is provided to the county.
DPH said Tuesday that Georgia’s seven-day moving average of new cases reported increased by 4% between Oct. 27-Nov. 2, though it remained down 55% from the state’s peak July 24.
White County’s seven-day average of new cases increased from 1.3 on Oct. 27 to 4.6 on Nov. 3. The DPH update listed 32 new cases from Oct. 27 to Nov. 3. Counts for previous weekly periods were nine from Oct. 20-27, 24 from Oct. 13-20, 34 from Oct. 6-13.
There were 117 total cases reported for the month of October, according to DPH. For the month of September, the county has had 364 cases reported, compared to 217 total in August, 293 from July through mid-March when the first case was reported.
As of Nov. 3, DPH reported that there had been 25 deaths attributed to the coronavirus in White County. The ages of the deceased listed include men ages 26, 36, 60, 65, 68, 74, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 88, and women ages 43, 54, 56, 71, 76, 77, 82, 87, 88 and three over 90. All but five are listed as having chronic health conditions.
White County Schools
The White County School System weekly COVID-19 status report on Nov. 4 said there was currently one student who had reported positive for COVID-19 and 19 students quarantined for possible exposure at that time. At that time, there was one report of a staff member with a positive COVID-19 test, and two staff members quarantined for possible exposure.
The reported numbers reflect students and staff who are out on that particular day – in this case, Nov. 4 – because of either a positive test or exposure to somebody with COVID-19 and are not cumulative.