COVID-19 Report for Macon County August 18, 2021 Another Death Reported

**editor's note** The previous death toll has been reported to be 41 for several weeks, so the number reported in the press release may be wrong.

PRESS RELEASE (08-18-2021)
MACON PUBLIC HEALTH

Macon County Reports Additional Death Related to COVID-19

Macon County Public Health received notification that a Macon County resident diagnosed with COVID-19 has passed away. To protect the family ́s privacy, no further information will be released about this individual. This death brings Macon County to forty-one (41) deaths related to COVID-19.

“This family is in our thoughts and prayers as they mourn the loss of their loved one,” said Health Director, Kathy McGaha. McGaha continued, “Macon County residents can help protect themselves and our community by receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Macon County’s has appointments available for the lifesaving vaccine for all who are age 18 and over, and are pre-registering those between 12 and 17 for future clinics. The more individuals who get this vaccine, the more likely that we will stop seeing COVID-19 deaths.” Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19; however, anyone of any age can become infected with this illness. Therefore, we ask that community members strictly follow the governor’s orders and continue to practice social distancing, as well as safe hygiene measures such as hand washing and frequently cleaning touched objects and surfaces. Everyone who is eligible is encouraged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a safe and effective prevention tool.

If you believe that you may have COVID-19, please call the Health Department at 828-349-2517. The call center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am – 5:00pm, until further notice. To register and schedule an appointment to receive the vaccine, please call 828-524-1500. The vaccine call center is open from 8:00am – 4:00pm Monday through Friday.

Numbers released on Tuesday, August 18th, 2021.

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since April 17th, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to the public. In June and July, the health department released numbers on a wekly basis on Fridays, and in August has switched back to releasing numbers everyday once it became evident that we were about to see another sdurge in numbers.

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See the COVID-19 Report from one year ago today at [MaconMedia.com]

Known COVID-19 Cases

3650 Detected
(+41 from yesterday and +165 from last week and +405 in four weeks and +3153 or 630.57% from one year ago)

211 Active
(+12 (+6.03%) from yesterday and +45 (+27.11%) from last week and +190 (+904.76%) in four weeks and +176 or +502.86% from one year ago

3397 Recovered
(+28 from yesterday and +119 from last week and +214 in four weeks and +2939 (641.70%) from one year ago)

42 Deaths
(+1 from yesterday and +1 from last week and unchanged in four weeks and +38 or 950.00% from one year ago)

Testing numbers reported to the health department

10317 by Macon County Public Health
(+36 from yesterday and +376 from last week and +631 in four weeks and +5777 or +127.25% from one year ago)

12132 by Others
(+65 from yesterday and +285 from last week and +748 in four weeks and +10452 or 622.14% from one year ago)

22449 Total Tests
(+101 from yesterday and +661 from last week and +1379 in four weeks and +16229 or 260.92% from one year ago)

186 tests pending results
(+27 from yesterday and +92 from last week and +182 in four weeks and +55 or +41.98% from one year ago)

Vaccine Delivery Statistics
(editor's note: there may be an error in the health department reported numbers. Despite them showing 134 shots given yesterday, the total number of shots did not change. This section is the same as it was yesterday and the day before.)

31 Vaccines Given Today
(+31 from yesterday

327 Vaccines in Inventory
-45 from yesterday

12901 Total Vaccines Given
+31 from yesterday

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Published at 6:35pm on Thursday, August 19, 2021