Statesboro Moves to #2 in NYT Ranking for Rising COVID Cases

Key Points:

• Statesboro #2 in the United States – NYT – Where There May Be Bad News Ahead
• Statesboro #3 in United States – NYT – Where the Outbreak Is Worst Now
• RED ZONE – Statesboro, Bulloch, Candler and Evans – White House Coronavirus Task Force Georgia Reports August 23 & 30
• 49% Chance of ONE COVID Positive in a Crowd of 10 in Bulloch 
• UGA becomes the latest college to take a big hit from COVID-19
• Targets to get COVID-19 under control
  • The White House COVID Task Force call for sustained positivity rates of 5% or less and positive case rate less than 100 per 100,000

Bulloch County:

• Bulloch County 14 day average of positive cases per 100,000 is 932 and percent of positive tests is 22.1%.  (Targets are below 100 per 100,000 and positive tests at 5% or below).
• 2,188 Total confirmed cases and 22 deaths total reported here with 124 hospitalizations total.  Up 51 confirmed since yesterday.  (These figures apply to Bulloch County residents)
• EGRMC currently/today caring for 28 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 105 confirmed COVID-19 positive and 104 probable patients transported to date

Bulloch Schools, Colleges and University Report

• Bulloch Schools total since reporting began on August 17 as of: 1:00 p.m., September 3, 2020
  • 45 total known positive COVID-19 cases reported
    • 6 from week ending August 21
    • 23 from week ending August 28
    • 16 from week ending September 5
  • 442 Quarantines – Total students and employees quarantined for 14 days as a precaution due to close contact with these confirmed positive COVID-19 cases
    • 82 from week ending August 21
    • 283 from week ending August 28
    • 77 from week ending September 5
  • 0 Clusters – Total COVID-19 Clusters
• Georgia Southern COVID-19 since reporting began on August 17 total cases for Statesboro 
  • 548 Total Statesboro Campus
  • 61 from week ending 8/23
  • 487 from week ending 8/30
• Ogeechee Technical College COVID-19 since reporting began on August 17
  • 5 total known positive COVID-19 Confirmed
  • 0 from week ending 8/23
  • 5 from week ending 8/17
• East Georgia State College – Not Reporting at this time

Evans County:

• Evans County 14 day average of positive cases per 100,000 is 365 and percent of positive tests is 13.8%.  (Targets are below 100 per 100,000 and positive tests at 5% or below).
• 376 Total confirmed cases and 5 deaths total reported with 29 total hospitalizations. (This is an increase of 3 confirmed cases, increase of 1 hospitalization and 0 deaths from yesterday)
• Evans COVID-19 deaths:
  • 59 year old, African American male with comorbidity
  • 62 year old, white male with comorbidity
  • 67 year old, African American male with comorbidity
  • 75 year old, African American female with no comorbidity
  • 76 year old, African American male with comorbidity

Candler County:

• Candler County 14 day average of positive cases per 100,000 is 674 and percent of positive tests is 21.1%.  (Targets are below 100 per 100,000 and positive tests at 5% or below).
• 365 total confirmed cases and 15 deaths total reported with 20 total hospitalizations. (This is an increase of 9 confirmed cases, 0 increase of  hospitalization and an increase of 0 deaths from yesterday)

Candler’s COVID-19 deaths

BULLOCH COUNTY TOTAL COVID-19 DEATHS

BULLOCH COUNTY LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY 8/31/20 COVID-19 REPORT:

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

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.