COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County September 21, 2021

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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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Numbers released on Monday, September 20th, 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.

[editor's note: once enough data has been collected, Macon Media will begin producing a chart for this staistic) As of 5 a.m. on September 21 there are 154 COVID-19 positive inpatients in Mission Health system; 116 at Mission Hospital; 9 at Angel Medical Center; 8 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital; 0 at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital; 11 at Mission Hospital McDowell; 10 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]

Known COVID-19 Cases

4735 Detected
(+18 from yesterday and +248 from last week and +923 in four weeks and +4136 or 690.48% from one year ago)

385 Active
(-32 (-7.67%) from yesterday and -10 (-2.53%) from last week and +152 (+65.24%) in four weeks and +385 or +1325.93% from one year ago

4295 Recovered
(+50 from yesterday and +257 from last week and +759 in four weeks and +3730 (660.18%) from one year ago)

55 Deaths
(unchanged (0%) from yesterday and +1 (+1.85%) from last week and +12 (+27.91%) in four weeks and +48 or 685.71% from one year ago)

Testing numbers reported to the health department

11955 by Macon County Public Health
(+84 from yesterday and +366 from last week and +1408 in four weeks and +6430 or +116.38% from one year ago)

14010 by Others
(+42 from yesterday and +390 from last week and +1506 in four weeks and +11973 or 587.78% from one year ago)

25965 Total Tests
(+126 from yesterday and +756 from last week and +2914 in four weeks and +18398 or 2431.35% from one year ago)

199 tests pending results
(+84 from yesterday and +145 from last week and +66 in four weeks and +14 or 7.57% from one year ago)

Vaccine Delivery Statistics

0 Vaccines Given Today
unchanged from yesterday
28 given this week

780 Vaccines in Inventory
unchanged from yesterday

-84 this week

13016 Total Vaccines Given
unchanged from yesterday
28 given this week

Macon County Public Schools Report
Friday, September 17, 2021

Cartoogechaye Elementary

Currently Quarantined 14 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 1 students and 0 staff

East Franklin Elementary

Currently Quarantined 26 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 3 students and 0 staff

Franklin High School

Currently Quarantined 32 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 18 students and 1 staff

Highlands School

Currently Quarantined 17 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 6 students and 0 staff

Iotla Valley Elementary

Currently Quarantined 22 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 4 students and 1 staff

Macon Early College

Currently Quarantined 2 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 0 students and 0 staff

Macon Middle School

Currently Quarantined 26 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 5 students and 0 staff

Mountain Valley Intermediate

Currently Quarantined 40students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 2 students and 1 staff

Nantahala School

Currently Quarantined 24 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 5 students and 2 staff

South Macon Elemenary

Currently Quarantined 36 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 11 students and 3 staff

Union Academy

Currently Quarantined 6 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 4 students and 1 staff

Central Offices

Currently Quantined 0 staff
Currently Positive 0 staff

Totals

Students Quarantined 245
Students Positive 59
Students Avoiding Quantine Due to Vaccination 40
Total Students Out of School 304

Staff Quarantined 7
Staff Positive 9
Staff Avoiding Quarantine Due to Vaccination 34
Total Staff Out of School 16
Substitues Quarantined 1 Substitutes Positive 0 Total Substitues Out 1

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