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Effingham County case total update: 975 (14 deaths)
COVID-19
Submitted report
Effingham Herald
Published: Aug 25, 2020, 7:16 PM

As of 3 p.m Tuesday, there have been 13,685 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in residents of the Coastal Health District and 230 deaths.

 

Cases by county:

  • Bryan: 799 cases, 9 deaths
  • Camden: 957 cases, 7 deaths
  • Chatham: 6,760 cases, 116 deaths
  • Effingham: 975 cases, 14 deaths
  • Glynn: 2,907 cases, 64 deaths
  • Liberty: 884 cases, 14 deaths
  • Long: 172 cases, 2 deaths
  • McIntosh: 231 cases, 4 deaths
Two Arrested After Stolen Ambulance Chase Ends in Crash in Port Wentworth
McCall and Hwy 21 accident photo May 5, 2025
Updated: Jun 10, 2025, 8:10 PM
Published: Jun 10, 2025, 8:13 PM
Two men are in custody after police say one stole an ambulance and led officers on a chase from Rincon to Port Wentworth Monday afternoon. The driver, Dwayne Simmons, 56, of Savannah, faces multiple felony charges. The passenger, Georgell Brown, 51, was charged with loitering after fleeing the scene of an earlier crash. The pursuit ended when the ambulance crashed near Highway 21.
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