COVID 19 UPDATE

Early predictions that the COVID-19 Omicron variant would cause less severe illness than the Delta has not proven to be the case for Upson County, according to data reported for mid-February 2022.

There were 19 new COVID hospitalizations for Upson residents the first half of February, a tie for the record high set the first half of January.

11 residents lost their lives to COVID the first half of February. Only 2 other half-months have seen higher death tolls: 12 the last half of January 2021, and 13 the last half of April 2020.

Confirmed cases for Upson County have declined from 382 the last half of January to 165 the first half of February; however, 165 is still extremely high compared to the record low of only 2 cases the first half of June 2021.

Average 2-week test positivity was 25% the first half of February, a decline since the last half of January when it was 32%, but still keeping Upson at a High Level of Community Transmission, and still a long way from the record low test positivity of 1% the first half of July 2021.

Upson County	New Cases	New Deaths	New Hosp	Avg 2-wk Test Pos	% Fully Vaccinated
2020
Apr 16 – 30	77	13 (hi)
2021
May 1 – 15	15	0 (lo)	2	4.2%	23%
May 16 – 31	11	4	0 (lo)	3.4%	24%
Jun 1 – 15	2 (lo)	1	3	1.7%	25%
Jun 16 – 30	4	0 (lo)	3	1.9%	26%
Jul 1 – 15	4	0 (lo)	3	1.1% (lo)	27%
Jul 16 – 31	33	0 (lo)	3	3.2%	28%
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%
Jan 16 – 31	382	5	15	32.4%	44%
Feb 1 – 15	165	11	19 (hi)	25.1%	45%
Sources: GA Dept of Public Health Daily Reports, and CDC Data Tracker