At least two nursing homes have reported deaths in Polk County in recent days due to COVID-19, according to a Georgia Department of Community Health report that tracks virus cases and fatalities in residents, and positives in staff.

Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier confirmed those deaths this morning reported by the Department of Community Health. Currently, four out of Polk County’s six deaths to date have occurred in nursing home residents.

The deaths occurred at two Cedartown nursing home and rehab facilities, one at Big Spring Place, and three more at Cedar Valley Nursing and Rehab. Officials from both facilities have been sought out for comment about the Georgia Department of Community Health numbers posted in their daily report.

Big Springs Place posted two positive tests in residents and the lone death. They additionally have had three staff members test positive for the virus, and only conducted two tests in residents.

Cedar Valley Nursing and Rehab’s three deaths have come along with 24 positive tests in residents, with five already having recovered from COVID-19. Additionally, 22 staff have tested positive. Though the facility has 73 residents listed, the DCH report listed 102 tests that have been conducted on residents.

Cedar Hill Senior Living has reported no COVID-19 cases among residents, but one staff member did turn up positive. The story was much the same at Cedar Springs Health and Rehab, which have conducted 67 tests on residents, and have reported that just two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 as of the Wedneday report.

Rockmart Health has reported just one case of COVID-19 previously, with one person recovered. They also had one staff member test positive.

As of the Wednesday afternoon report, the Georgia Department of Health had Polk County’s death toll at six locally and posted a total of 584 positives for COVID-19. There were additionally 23 hospital patients in total that have been treated since tracking began, an increase of at least seven new hospital cases in the past month.

Of the five deaths that DPH has listed officially, all have been listed as individuals over the age of 50.

An 84-year-old, 81-year-old, 79-year-old woman and 59-year-old woman who were all reported dead during July all had comorbidity issues that contributed to their deaths. The first death in Polk County, that of a 67-year-old man in early May, did not have any additional health issues that contributed to his death.

Attempts were made to reach out to Cedar Valley Nursing and Rehab and Big Springs Place, but those inquiries have yet to be returned.