COVID-19 UPSON UPDATE FOR AUGUST 2021

New confirmed cases in Upson and its neighboring counties are the highest they have been since the beginning of the pandemic, surpassing the record set in January this year. The surge that began the last half of July has not slowed down.

• Upson jumped from 37 new cases in July to 473 new cases in August,
• Pike’s cases were 60 in July, 367 in August,
• Lamar 66 in July, 532 in August,
• Monroe 60 in July, 421 in August,
• Crawford 24 in July up to 137 in August,
• Taylor went from 9 to 122,
• Talbot from 11 to 79,
• Meriwether from 43 to 278,
• Spalding from 166 in July to 1,101 in August.

Average 2-week test positivities for Upson and its neighboring counties have also continued to soar. In July they were as low as 2% in Upson and as high as 16% in Crawford. For August the range is much higher, starting at 17% in Taylor County and peaking at 25% in Lamar. All of the local counties have test positivities higher than the state average of 16%.

New hospitalizations for Upson County are also higher than they have ever been. A total of 28 Upson residents were admitted in August, surpassing the record of 24 set in January.

New deaths recorded in the 8-county area totaled 21, with the highest death toll in Lamar at 7, the lowest zero in Taylor. There were also 7 deaths in Spalding County.

 

UPSON COUNTY	New Cases	New Deaths	New Hospitaliz.	Avg 2-wk Test Pos	% Fully Vaccinated
Mar 2020	5	0
Apr 2020	211	18 (hi)
May 2020	65	16
June 2020	74	9	1 (lo)
July 2020	116	2	9
Aug 2020	190	10	14
Sept 2020	138	7	14
Oct 2020	45	9	17	5.4%
Nov 2020	98	0 (lo)	7	8.4%
Dec 2020	246	1	12	13.7%
Jan 2021	405	14	24	21% (hi)
Feb 2021	112	10	22	10.8%
Mar 2021	60	7	7	6.7%
Apr 2021	45	4	7	5.3%	19%
May 2021	26	4	2	3.8%	24%
June 2021	6 (lo)	1	6	1.8% (lo)	26%
July 2021	37	0	6	2.2%	28%
Aug 2021	473 (hi)	1	28 (hi)	19.1%	29%
Sources: GA Dept of Public Health Daily Reports, and CDC Data Tracker

New COVID-19 Cases (2021)
COUNTY	June	July	August
Upson	6	37	473
Pike	16	60	367
Lamar	5	66	532
Monroe	23	60	421
Crawford	1	24	137
Taylor	4	9	122
Talbot	3	11	79
Meriwether	19	43	278
Spalding	68	166	1,101
Source: GA Dept of Public Health Daily Reports