COVID-19 update: three new deaths reported

Gordon County’s number of total deaths attributed to COVID-19 rose to 31 on Wednesday following the addition of two other new deaths within the past week.

The 3 p.m. report released Thursday by the Department of Public Health showed Gordon County’s total confirmed cases at 1,561 and total deaths at 31. Those figures represent the addition of 92 new cases since 3 p.m. last Thursday, Aug. 27, and 245 new cases over the previous two weeks.

The total number of deaths in Gordon had held steady at 23 since the addition of two new fatal cases on July 28, but then six deaths were reported in mid to late August, including one on Aug. 31. Two new deaths — one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday, have helped raise the total number of COVID deaths in Gordon County to 31 as of Thursday afternoon.

Statewide, the Thursday DPH report showed a total of 277,288 positive cases of COVID-19 in Georgia, with

UPDATE,

5,868 deaths. Those numbers represent 2,675 new cases and 73 new deaths in the state since 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Cases are assigned to the county of the patient’s residence, not necessarily where the test or treatment was performed.

Gordon County Emergency Management Agency Director Taylor urged locals to continue to follow CDC and DPH guidelines

for washing hands and social distancing.

Additionally, the DPH recommends that residents:

Listen to and follow the directions of your state and local authorities.

If you feel sick, stay home. Do not go to work. Contact your medical provider.

If your children are sick, keep them at home. Do not send them to school. Contact your medical provider.

If someone in your household has tested positive for the coronavirus, keep the entire household at home. Do not go to work. Do not go to school. Contact your

medical provider.

If you are an older person, stay home and away from other people.

If you are a person with a serious underlying health condition that can put you at increased risk (for example, a condition that impairs your lung or heart function

or weakens your immune system), stay home and away from other people.

Even if you are young, or otherwise healthy, you are at risk and your activities can increase the risk for others. It is critical that you do your part to stop the spread of the coronavirus.