Fannin County has seen an additional 207 cases of COVID-19 over the last two weeks as of Monday, February 1.
This brings the county’s total up to 1,811 positive cases since the pandemic began. Forty-five of those people who had contracted the virus have died, eight probable deaths have been reported and 148 have been hospitalized.
In comparison, two weeks ago the county had seen 1,606 positive cases total as of Monday, January 18. Thirty-nine of those people who had contracted the virus had died, seven probable deaths had been reported and 130 had been hospitalized.
Of the Fannin County School System’s 2,899 students, less than 10 have a current COVID-19 status, 53 are quarantined due to exposure at school and 57 are quarantined due to non-school exposure. There are currently 359 students enrolled in online learning that do not attend in-person classes.
Of the 472 system employees, less than 10 have a current COVID-19 status, less than 10 are quarantined due to an exposure at school and less than 10 are quarantined due to non-school exposure.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) reported that Georgia has seen 752,448 confirmed cases, 12,613 virus related deaths, 1,629 probable deaths, 50,323 hospitalizations and 8,400 ICU admissions. Of these, 2,587 confirmed cases, 44 deaths and 86 hospitalizations were reported February 1.
In comparison, two weeks ago the state had seen 684,763 confirmed cases and 11,095 virus related deaths.
DPH Commissioner Dr. Kathleen E. Toomey recently announced that the U.K. variant of the virus recently seen in Georgia “is likely to be the dominant strain in the U.S. by sometime in March.”
The following measures are encouraged to avoid spread of the variant: Wear a mask, maintain social distance, wash hands frequently, avoid large gatherings and get a COVID-19 vaccination when eligible.
As of Monday, there were 2,003 providers across the state enrolled to administer COVID-19 vaccines, and 923,903 vaccines had been administered in Georgia. DPH reported that all of the 546,000 allocated Pfizer vaccines.