Below is a graph of new COVID cases detected in 31411 up to the week ended Dec 11, 2021 (residents, not visitors)
After a resurgence of new confirmed COVID cases for island residents, peaking at 26 new cases in the week ending Sept 4.2021, the numbers began to fall rapidly over the next several weeks, and have now stabilized at a fairly low level for nearly three months.
This finally brings our Community Transmission Index well below the high range where it had hovered for months. Note that the Delta variant peak was higher than the two prior peaks in the first year of the pandemic: July 18, 2020 (21 cases) and January 30, 2021 (20 cases. Also note that the Omicron variant seems to be much more easily transmitted, and there’s a good possibility that once it begins to circulate on the island, the cases and hospitalizations will peak again quickly. Be careful over the holidays!!
Other metrics: One of the best measure of the infections in our area is the current number of hospitalizations. These charts are updated daily and give a good idea of how well the pandemic is being contained. Scroll to the bottom chart to see the current hospitalizations in Savannah – St Josephs, Candler, and Memorial – they are nearly, if not already out of ICU beds for new patients. (*For complete Coastal Health District Information visit https://covid19.gachd.org/)
