Georgia and Florida only two States on Updated Active Outbreak List

Key points:

Statesboro City Council and Bulloch County Board of Commissioners are both expected to enact a mask mandate at their meetings tomorrow now that Governor Kemp will allow local governments to implement mandates.

Georgia Southern University and the Bulloch County Schools resumed classes today.  This increases the need to be more aggressive in mitigating COVID-19.  Enhancing mask requirements is the best way to mitigate the virus.

Florida and Georgia are the only two states now showing in the Active or imminent outbreak status on the COVIDACTNOW.org website.

Bulloch County:

• 1,340 Total confirmed cases and 17 deaths total reported here with 95 hospitalizations total.  Up 10 confirmed since yesterday.  (These figures apply to Bulloch County Residents)
• EGRMC currently/today caring for 18 COVID-19 positive patients today. (May or may not be Bulloch County Residents) 5 COVID-19 patients on vents.  EGRMC has 17 total vents.  However, this is reporting only COVID-19 patients on vents.  It is unknown how many actual vents are in use at this time.  
• Bulloch EMS received notice of 78 Confirmed COVID-19 positive and 90 probable patients transported to date.

BULLOCH COUNTY LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY 8/17/20 COVID-19 REPORT:

https://dch.georgia.gov/

BULLOCH COUNTY TOTAL COVID-19 DEATHS

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

Evans County:

• 319 Total confirmed cases and 3 deaths total reported with 20 total hospitalizations. (This is an increase of 6 confirmed cases and increase of  0 hospitalizations and 0 deaths from yesterday)
• Evans COVID-19 deaths:
  • 59 year old, African American male with comorbidity
  • 62 year old, white male with comorbidity
  • 76 year old, African American male with comorbidity

Candler County:

• 282 total confirmed cases and 9 deaths total reported with 10 total hospitalizations. (This is an increase of 2 confirmed cases and an increase of 0 deaths from yesterday)
• Candler’s COVID-19 deaths

• Order	AGE	SEX	COUNTY	RACE	COMORBIDITY
  4	46	Female	Candler	White	Yes
  2	56	Female	Candler	Black	Yes
  8	61	Male	Candler	White	No
  6	64	Female	Candler	Black	No
  5	68	Male	Candler	White	No
  1	73	Female	Candler	White	No
  7	75	Female	Candler	White	No
  9	83	Female	Candler	Black
  3	86	Male	Candler	White	Yes

Exceeding hospital bed and staff capacity is why leaders continue calling for citizens to wear a mask, social distance, wash hands and avoid crowds to slow the spread and not overwhelm our hospital.

GEORGIA TECH COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool – CLICK HERE

The Georgia Tech COVID-19 risk assessment planning tool shows the risk level of attending an event in any county in America, given the event size and location (assuming 10:1 ascertainment bias).  The risk level is the estimated chance (0-100%) that at least 1 COVID-19 positive individual will be present at an event in a county, given the size of the event.  Choose an event size. Use the drop-down menu to choose a county you would like to zoom in on.

Testing Data

Note: The graphs depict total tests and not the number of persons tested. Some individuals may be tested multiple times.

Weekly Testing Numbers

The following graph depicts the number of specimens collected for testing by the Southeast Health District each week. Tests are also performed by private physicians, hospitals, federally qualified health centers, urgent care centers, among others so this number is not a comprehensive total of all testing done in our area.