Latest COVID-19 Update for Chattooga County

The latest COVID-19 updates for Chattooga County. Testing, nursing home numbers and deaths –>

Free COVID-19 testing available to anyone regardless of symptoms present or not. Free testing is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Chattooga County Health Department. Free COVID-19 testing is available to all Georgians, and anyone can be tested. For more information, contact the health department at 706-857-3471. The Chattooga County Health Department is located at 60 Farrar Drive in Summerville. 

Statewide COVID-19/Confirmed Hotline: (844) 442-2681

8/21/20

Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Report: OAKVIEW HEALTH AND REHABILITATION 960 HIGHLAND AVENUE SUMMERVILLE CHATTOOGA reports 7 positive staff, no positives residents.

Effective Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 3 p.m., there were several changes to the COVID-19 Daily Status Report on the Georgia Department of Public Health’s (DPH) website. These changes are designed to make the dashboard more user-friendly while providing an accurate picture of COVID-19 in Georgia.

The changes to the Daily Status Report include:

• Map changes:

The way you choose which maps to view has changed. You are now able to choose the map you would like to view as well as change the date being viewed. In addition, % PCR positive lab data have been added. To use the new features:

o   Choose ”Cases,” Testing” or “Deaths,” then use the drop-down menu to choose cumulative “Cases,” “Cases per 100K,” ”Deaths,” “Deaths per 100K,” “% Positive,” or data for the ”Last two weeks.” On the map, you can hover or click to find out additional details such as number of deaths, hospitalizations, case rate, etc. Selecting a county will also update the cases over time charts.

o   By clicking on the date above the map, you can select a past date to see historic maps, using the current color scale.

o   Two maps have been added to reflect percent positive PCR by county

• “% Positive Last two weeks”: Reflects the percent positive PCR tests reported through ELR by county during the last two weeks.
• % Positive Overall”: Reflects the cumulative percent positive PCR tests reported through ELR by county.
• “COVID-19 Over Time” now has the option to select total PCR tests and percent positive PCR tests.
• A link has been added to access Georgia hospital capacity and current COVID-19 hospitalization data: https://covid-hub.gio.georgia.gov/#hospital

Click here to read the daily statewide report.