GA DPH Saturday Testing Site Moves to Winterville as of Sept. 19

The Georgia Department of Public Health Northeast Health District's Saturday free COVID-19 testing is moving to the Winterville Center (enter via Winter Street, off Athens Road) beginning this Saturday, September 19.

Testing is drive-through, so visitors don't even have to get out of vehicles.

There will no longer be any Saturday testing at the Mitchell Bridge Road site. The Mitchell Bridge Road site will continue to provide Monday - Friday testing by appointment.

To start the scheduling process:

Call 706-340-0996 (for either location)
Visit https://covid19.dph.ga.gov (currently only for Saturday location in Winterville - use Clarke County as the county)

GA DPH Saturday Testing Site Moves to Winterville Location

4,719 Positive Cases Confirmed in Athens-Clarke County, 37 Deaths

The Georgia Department of Public Health Daily Status Report (https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report) confirms 4,719 positive cases of COVID-19 and 37 deaths reported in Athens-Clarke County as of 2:50 p.m. on September 16.

ACCGov updates the graphic with case information on it most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for social media. The graphic includes the increase in positive cases since the last update and the number of deaths.

The September 16 update shows an increase of 179 positive cases and 1 death since Monday, September 14. There have been 1,542 positive cases in the last two weeks.

These are cumulative cases total since February 25, 2020. For reference, cumulative numbers from the beginning of each month:

September 1 - 3,082
August 1 - 1,694
July 1 - 574
June 1 - 293
May 1 - 155
April 1 - 54
March 1 - 4

The Daily Status Report is now updated once daily at 3:00 p.m. to allow time to process and validate laboratory and case reports. If you view the data, please be sure to check the area showing the definitions of the information presented. Some, such as "hospitalizations," have different meanings than what may be expected.

Northeast Health District Weekly Report - Sept. 14

On August 10, the Georgia Department of Public Health's (DPH) Northeast Health District began producing a weekly COVID-19 testing report for the 10 county district that covers Athens-Clarke, Barrow, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton counties.

Athens-Clarke County's page of the report is shown in the two graphs below:

Northeast Health District Weekly Report - Sept. 14

The newest weekly report for Sept. 14 was released on Wed., Sept. 16.

The report includes county-by-county information about:

Total number of PCR tests performed by all providers reported to DPH
Percent of total tested with positive results
Positive cases per 100,000 total population
Cumulative number hospitalized
Percent of positive cases requiring hospitalization
Cumulative deaths
Percent of positive cases who died
Deaths per 100,000 total population
Positive cases by race/ethnicity and age (from tests performed by the Northeast Health District only - does not include other providers)

While reports are dated on Monday and use data for the previous week, the reports will usually be posted on Wednesday due to the time required to assemble and confirm the report.

The report is available each week at: publichealthathens.com/wp/programs/infectious-disease/coronavirus-covid-19-information/athens-district-covid-data/

Positive UGA COVID-19 Tests Reported Through DawgCheck - Week 5 (Sept. 7-13)

The University of Georgia DawgCheck tool gives members of the campus community the ability to self-monitor and to facilitate information sharing internally and with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH). Any student or employee with a positive COVID-19 test is required to report the test in DawgCheck.

The table above reflects the total number of positive test results reported through DawgCheck each week. It is updated every Wednesday. Please note the following:

Positive tests reported through DawgCheck are from any of the approximately 50,000 faculty, staff, and students connected to the University of Georgia, whether located in Athens, extended campuses, extension offices across the state, or even other states and countries for students who elected to take online classes.
The totals may include reports from individuals who have not been on campus recently, there may be delays in reporting, and the totals may even include individuals who have recovered.
Therefore, the data does not serve as an accurate barometer of the current status of COVID-19 at any point in time at any one of UGA’s campuses.
The “Other” category in the survey tool is provided to indicate that a test was not done by a resource in the Athens-Clarke County community. Many of the positive reports in this category are reported to be from urgent care clinics and testing centers at a wide variety of locations in and out of the state of Georgia.
The University has no way to validate the majority of these reports or the quality of those unknown testing sites but is reporting them as submitted.

DawgCheck and other University of Georgia-related COVID information is available at the University Health Center website at https://uhs.uga.edu/healthtopics/covid-19-health-and-exposure-updates.

Frequency of Updates

This coronavirus email / text update is sent once to twice a week during normal weeks, with other updates as necessary with important information.

Questions can still be directed to www.accgov.com/coronavirus, which will be updated regularly, the info line at 706-613-3333, or coronavirus@accgov.com.