Mid-January COVID-19 Upson Update

 January 15, 2022

 

·       For Upson County, the first half of January brought record highs for COVID cases, test positivity, and hospitalizations, breaking the records set during the summer surge of 2021.

·       580 new confirmed cases far surpassed the record high of 331 the last half of August.

·       Average two-week test positivity was at an all-time high of 26% the first half of September, and that record was shattered by a 40% positivity rate the first half of January.

·       The record for new hospitalizations moved up from 18 the last half of August to 19 the first half of January. 

·       On a bright note, there has not been a single new death recorded for Upson County since November 3, 2021. 

 

https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker

2021 Upson County	New Cases	New Deaths	New Hosp	Avg 2-wk Test Pos	% Fully Vaccinated
2021
May 16 – 31	11	4	0 (lo)	3.4%	24%
June 1 – 15	2 (lo)	1	3	1.7%	25%
June 16 – 30	4	0 (lo)	3	1.9%	26%
July 1 – 15	4	0 (lo)	3	1.1% (lo)	27%
July 16 – 31	33	0 (lo)	3	3.2%	28%
Aug 1 – 15	142	0 (lo)	10	15.3%	28%
Aug 16 – 31	331	1	18	22.6%	29%
Sept 1 – 15	219	1	6	26.3%	31%
Sept 16 – 30	105	11	9	20.3%	34%
Oct 1 – 15	32	7	5	8.9%	36%
Oct 16 – 31	17	5	7	5.1%	37%
Nov 1 – 15	17	4	1	2.6%	37%
Nov 16 – 30	11	0 (lo)	4	3.1%	38%
Dec 1 – 15	11	0 (lo)	6	2.2%	38%
Dec 16 – 31	208	0 (lo)	2	11.9%	38%
2022
Jan 1 – 15	580 (hi)	0 (lo)	19 (hi)	40.2% (hi)	39%
Sources: GA Dept of Public Health Daily Reports, and CDC Data Tracker