Fannin County has seen an additional 44 cases of COVID-19 in the last week, however, local officials said they were seeing a decline in new cases locally and across the region.
This brings the county’s total up to 1,901 positive cases since the pandemic began. Fifty of those people who had contracted the virus have died, nine probable deaths have been reported and 154 have been hospitalized.
In comparison, last week the county had seen 1,857 positive cases total as of Monday, February 8. Forty-eight of those people who had contracted the virus had died, nine probable deaths had been reported and 153 had been hospitalized.
Of the Fannin County School System’s 2,901 students, less than 10 have a current COVID-19 status, less than 10 are quarantined due to exposure at school and 31 are quarantined due to non-school exposure. There are currently 362 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, none are quarantined due to an exposure at school and less than 10 are quarantined due to a non-school exposure.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) reported that Georgia has seen 792,509 confirmed cases, 13,997 virus related deaths, 1,931 probable deaths, 53,403 hospitalizations and 8,762 ICU admissions. Of these, 1,736 confirmed cases, 33 deaths and 24 hospitalizations were reported February 15.
In comparison, last week the state had seen 775,466 confirmed cases and 13,361 virus related deaths.
U.K. and South African variant cases have been seen in the United States with multiple testing positive for the U.K. variant in Georgia. In order to combat the spread of these variants, health officials are encouraging the public to continue following social distancing guidelines, wearing masks and washing hands frequently.
As of Monday, there were 2,186 providers across the state enrolled to administer COVID-19 vaccines, and 1,446,647 vaccines had been administered in Georgia. DPH reported that all of the 761,475 allocated Pfizer vaccines and all of the 1,074,300 allocated Moderna vaccines had been shipped.
The Fannin County Health Department, along with every other public health department within The North Georgia Health District, is not taking appointments for vaccinations at this time due to limited vaccine supply at the local, state, and federal level.
Those who have COVID-19-type symptoms or have been in close contact recently with a person infected with COVID-19 can receive free COVID-19 testing at one of two MAKO Medical Drive-Thru Testing Sites in Dalton or Woodstock.
There are no eligibility requirements other than having a Georgia address, and those in need can register online at https://mako.exchange/splash/GAmakotesting/.
The Dalton site is located at Edwards Park, 115 Edwards Park Entrance, Dalton, Georgia, and the Woodstock site is at First Baptist Church of Woodstock, 11905 Highway 92, Woodstock, Georgia.
The testing sites are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This information was gathered and was accurate as of Monday, February 15.