MONTHLY COVID-19 UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 2021

For Upson County, February has brought a decline across the board in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths since the huge spikes we saw in January. Case numbers dropped from a record 405 new cases in January to 112 new cases in February; significantly lower but still not as low as during the summer lull of May and June, or the fall lull of October and November.

Deaths in Upson declined from 14 to 10, with 10 still a high number compared to previous months. Upson County currently ranks #9 out of the 159 counties in Georgia for death rate per 100 population.

There were 22 new hospitalizations in February, second only to January’s 24 for highest number of hospitalizations on record. For Georgia’s Hospital Region F, which includes Upson County, the percentage of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 averaged 37% in January; that percentage is down to 21% for February, which is slightly higher than the State average of 18%.

Among the counties surrounding Upson, Meriwether County reported the highest number of cases at 152, followed by Monroe at 150 and Upson at 112. Meriwether County also reported the highest number of deaths at 22, followed by Upson at 10. All of the other counties had 5 or fewer deaths.

Upson County	New Cases	New Deaths	New Hosp.	Avg 2-wk Test Pos
March 2020	5	0
April 2020	211	18 (hi)
May 2020	65	16
June 2020	74	9	1
July 2020	116	2	9
Aug 2020	190	10	14
Sept 2020	138	7	14
Oct 2020	45 (lo)	9	17	5.4%
Nov 2020	98	0 (lo)	7	8.4%
Dec 2020	246	1	12	13.7%
Jan 2021	405 (hi)	14	24	21%
Feb 2021	112	10	22	10.8%
Source: Daily Reports from GA Department of Public Health

FEBRUARY 2021
County	New Cases	New Deaths
Upson	112	10
Pike	95	3
Lamar	102	5
Monroe	150	4
Crawford	40	4
Taylor	44	1
Talbot	31	4
Meriwether	152	22
8-County Totals	726	53
Source: Daily Reports from GA Dept of Public Health