A downward trend in COVID cases for Upson and its neighboring counties began in September. October followed with cases plummeting even further. Upson’s confirmed cases did an 85% free-fall from 324 in September to 49 in October, while the total for the 8-County Area fell from 1,654 cases down to 352, also an 85% decline. Average 2-week test positivity for Upson County took a nose dive from 23% in September down to 7% in October.
Hospitalizations and deaths, however, are fading more slowly. New hospitalizations for Upson County dropped slightly from 15 in September to 12 in October. Recorded deaths for Upson County were 12 in September and 12 again in October. Deaths in the 8-County Area declined from a record high of 78 in September down to 53 in October.
In September the Level of Community Transmission in all of the area counties was High. At the end of October Lamar, Crawford, Taylor, and Talbot counties remain at the High level. Meriwether and Spalding have moved down to the next level Substantial, and Upson and Pike counties have dropped down two levels to Moderate.
Although the downward trend is a welcome relief, none of the metrics are down to the lows we saw at the beginning of the summer.
https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report,
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker
UPSON COUNTY | New Cases | New Deaths | New Hospitaliz | Avg 2-wk | %Total Pop Fully Vax |
Apr 2020 | 211 | 18 (hi) |
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June 2020 | 74 | 9 | 1 (lo) |
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Nov 2020 | 98 | 0 (lo) | 7 | 8.4% |
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Jan 2021 | 405 | 14 | 24 | 21% |
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Feb 2021 | 112 | 10 | 22 | 10.8% |
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Mar 2021 | 60 | 7 | 7 | 6.7% |
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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 (lo) | 6 | 2.2% | 28% |
Aug 2021 | 473 (hi) | 1 | 28 (hi) | 19.1% | 29% |
Sept 2021 | 324 | 12 | 15 | 23.3%(hi) | 34% |
Oct 2021 | 49 | 12 | 12 | 6.9% | 37% |
Sources: GA Dept of Public Health Daily Reports, and CDC Data Tracker | |||||
8-County Area | New Cases | New Deaths |
Jan 2021 | 2,063 | 58 |
Feb 2021 | 726 | 53 |
Mar 2021 | 296 | 44 |
Apr 2021 | 243 | 16 |
May 2021 | 171 | 11 |
June 2021 | 77 (lo) | 9 |
July 2021 | 310 | 8 (lo) |
Aug 2021 | 2,409 (hi) | 21 |
Sept 2021 | 1,654 | 78 (hi) |
Oct 2021 | 352 | 53 |
8-County Area = Upson, Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot, and Meriwether | ||
Source: Daily Reports from GA Dept of Public Health | ||
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