MID-FEBRUARY COVID-19 UPDATE

 February 15, 2021

 

From the Georgia Department of Public Health

https://dph.georgia.gov

https://www.district4health.org/

 

For middle Georgia’s District 4 Public Health, February has brought a significant decline in positive case numberssince the record-setting highs in December and January; however, cases are still much higher than they were in all the previous months of the pandemic with the exception of the summer peak in late July to early August. Hospitalizations and deaths and across the District remain extremely high.

 

Upson County reported 76 new cases for the first half of February, a dramatic decline since the huge surges during the last half of December and the whole month of January.  For the combined area including Upson and its bordering counties, 476 positive cases were reported, also a dramatic decline since December. The lowest case numbers for both Upson and its bordering counties were seen in May, June, September, October, and November of last year.

 

There were 7 new deaths reported for Upson County, a decline since the 12 deaths reported the last half of January, but an increase over all the other previous half months since last April and May. For the 8-county area there were a total of 29 deaths, less than January’s 34 deaths, but still the 3^rd highest death toll on record.

 

Meriwether County reported the most new cases at 115, followed by Monroe at 92, and Upson at 76. Taylor and Talbot Counties had the fewest cases at 21 and 19. 

Meriwether County also reported the most new deaths at 13, and Upson County had the next highest death toll at 7. Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Crawford, Taylor and Talbot Counties only had 1 or 2 deaths each. 

 

Based on average 2-week test positivity, 4 counties in the area remain in the Red Zone: Upson, Pike, Monroe, and Meriwether. At the end of January, Crawford County was the only county in the Yellow Zone, but now Lamar, Taylorand Talbot Counties have also moved up to the Yellow Zone

 

Upson County	New Cases	New Deaths	New Hosp	Avg 2-wk Test Pos
March 1-31, 2020	5	0
April 1 – 15	134	5
April 16 – 30	77	13 (hi)
May 1 – 15	41	10
May 16 – 31	24	6
June 1 – 15	14 (lo)	6	1
June 16 – 30	60	3	0 (lo)
July 1 – 15	38	2	5
July 16 – 31	78	0 (lo)	4
Aug 1 – 15	153	4	9
Aug 16 – 31	37	6	5
Sept 1 – 15	65	4	7
Sept 16 – 30	73	3	7
Oct 1 – 15	29	6	10	6.6%
Oct 16 – 31	16	3	7	4.4%
Nov 1 – 15	35	0 (lo)	1	6.0%
Nov 16 – 30	63	0 (lo)	6	10.9%
Dec 1 – 15	57	0 (lo)	4	11.7%
Dec 16 – 31	189	1	8	15.6%
Jan 1-15, 2021	246 (hi)	2	14 (hi)	23.4%
Jan 16 – 31	162	12	10	18.7%
Feb 1 – 15	76	7	14 (hi)	12%
Source: Daily Reports from GA Department of Public

FEBRUARY 1 – 15, 2021
County	New Cases	New Deaths	Zone
Upson	76	7	Red
Pike	69	2	Red
Lamar	56	1	Yellow
Monroe	92	2	Red
Crawford	28	1	Yellow
Taylor	21	1	Yellow
Talbot	19	2	Yellow
Meriwether	115	13	Red
8-County Totals	476	29
Source: Daily Reports from GA Dept of Public Health