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Introduction
Developing COVID-19 News
Mission-HCA Patient Report
Detected, Active, Recovered, and Deaths
Testing Statistics
Vaccine Delivery Statistics
Macon County Public Schools Report
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Introduction
Numbers released on Tuesday, September 14th, 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. Numbers from the Macon County Public Schools have been added after the Vaccine Report and are more conveniently accessed via the Table of Contents at the top of this article.
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Developing COVID-19 News
Macon County Director of Public Health gave an update to the county commissioners last night. Here is that segment of the meeting. During her report, she reported the positivity rate during testing is 26.53% (this is on a 7-day rolling average). The local death rate is 1.2%. This is one of the statistics that the health department does not share in their daily or weekly reporting to the public nor the news media in their reporting.
COVID-19 Update from Director of Public Health Kathy McGaha
Update on Macon County Detention Center COVID-19 Outbreak
Vistiation has been suspended at the Macon County Detention Facility on September 8th after a person who had tested positive entered the facilty.
The Macon County Sheriffs Office reports some of the COVID-19 tests taken after a person who had tested positive entered the facility have returned. Out of 85 suspected exposures, 83 were tested and 2 refused (the refusals were quarantined and monitored). 82 of the 83 tests have been processed and 24 were positive (all were male inmates) and 58 were negative (a mixture of inmates and staff).
As a result of the number of staff out due to being quarantined, the sheriff is asking citizens to consider putting off applying for Concealed Carry Paermits (CCP) for a couple of weeks.”
Superior Court begins this week: Inmates who have tested positive for Covid19 will Not be transported out of our facility to Superior Court tomorrow but arrangements will be made for video conferencing if it is deemed necessary to appear for any court proceedings.
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Mission-HCA Patient Report
[editor's note: once enough data has been collected, Macon Media will begin producing a chart for this staistic) As of 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 14, there are 165 COVID positive inpatients in Mission Health system; 128 at Mission Hospital; 6 at Angel Medical Center; 11 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital; 1 at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital; 10 at Mission Hospital McDowell; 9 at Transylvania Regional Hospital.
Message from Macon Public Health
Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions may 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 recommendations 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 828-349-2081 to schedule an appointment for a test. To register and schedule an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, please call 828-349-2081.
Here is a new chart that may be of some use to the public. It measures the change in the numbers of detected COVID-19 cases from Friday to Friday as a percentage change from the previous Friday. It starts on Friday, May 20th, which saw a 0.57% increase in detected cases over the previous week.
See the COVID-19 Report from one year ago today at [MaconMedia.com]
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Introduction
Known COVID-19 Cases
4487 Detected
(+26 from yesterday and +278 from last week and +878 in four weeks and +3913 or 681.71% from one year ago)
395 Active
(-1 (-.003%) from yesterday and +113 (+40.07%) from last week and +196 (+98.49%) in four weeks and +381 or +2721.29% from one year ago
4038 Recovered
(+27 from yesterday and +160 from last week and +669 in four weeks and +34858 (630.20%) from one year ago)
54 Deaths
(unchanged (0%) from yesterday and +5 (+10.02%) from last week and +13 (+31.71%) in four weeks and +47 or 671.43% from one year ago)
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Testing Statistics
Testing numbers reported to the health department
11589 by Macon County Public Health
(+58 from yesterday and +444 from last week and +1308 in four weeks and +6323 or +120.07% from one year ago)
13620 by Others
(+227 from yesterday and +304 from last week and +1553 in four weeks and +11712 or 613.84% from one year ago)
25209 Total Tests
(+285 from yesterday and +1048 from last week and +2861 in four weeks and +18035 or 251.40% from one year ago)
54 tests pending results
(unchanged from yesterday and -215 from last week and -105 in four weeks and -34 or -38.64% from one year ago)
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Vaccine Delivery Statistics
Vaccine Delivery Statistics
0 Vaccines Given Today
unchanged from yesterday
0 given this week
864 Vaccines in Inventory
unchanged from yesterday
unchanged this week
12988 Total Vaccines Given
unchanged from yesterday
0 given this week
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Macon County Public Schools Report
Macon County Public Schools Report
Friday, September 10, 2021
Cartoogechaye Elementary
Currently Quarantined 16 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 1 students and 0 staff
East Franklin Elementary
Currently Quarantined 15 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 1 students and 0 staff
Franklin High School
Currently Quarantined 62 students and 4 staff
Currently Posivitve 21 students and 2 staff
Highlands School
Currently Quarantined 17 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 4 students and 0 staff
Iotla Valley Elementary
Currently Quarantined 16 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 4 students and 1 staff
Macon Early College
Currently Quarantined 2 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 0 students and 1 staff
Macon Middle School
Currently Quarantined 42 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 8 students and 0 staff
Mountain Valley Intermediate
Currently Quarantined 32 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 6 students and 0 staff
Nantahala School
Currently Quarantined 4 students and 2 staff
Currently Posivitve 0 students and 1 staff
South Macon Elemenary
Currently Quarantined 56 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 19 students and 4 staff
Union Academy
Currently Quarantined 4 students and 2 staff
Currently Posivitve 1 students and 3 staff
Central Offices
Currently Quantined 1 staff
Currently Positive 0 staff
Totals
Students Quarantined 266
Students Positive 65
Students Avoiding Quantine Due to Vaccination 36
Total Students Out of School 331
Staff Quarantined 12
Staff Positive 12
Staff Avoiding Quarantine Due to Vaccination 32
Total Staff Out of School 24
Substitues Quarantined 1 Substitutes Positive 0 Total Substitues Out 1
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Published at 9:15am on Wednesday, September 15, 2021
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