Since the pandemic began, officials have confirmed nearly 232,000 cases of coronavirus in Georgia, though many of those people have since recovered. Gwinnett County has the second most infections in the state with 21,175 confirmed cases and 283 reported deaths. Only Fulton County has reported more.
The death of the 15-year-old comes as many school districts in Georgia reopen for personal learning. In Cherokee County, the number of students and teachers in public schools placed under quarantine for COVID-19 doubled from last week, with the number of new infections nearly doubling.
When the second week of school came on a near Friday, the district reported 80 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, saying 1,106 students and staff were quarantined as a result.
The first week of school ended with 28 cases and 563 under quarantine in the neighborhood of about 40,000 students, AJC.com reported earlier. All six Cherokee County high schools report new cases, and two of them – Etowah and Woodstock – have closed as a result of the outbreaks.
Until now, the youngest confirmed COVID-19 death in Georgia was a 7-year-old boy from Savannah.
Chatham County officials said the child died about three weeks ago after catching a fever in the bath and drowning. He was not believed to have any pre-existing conditions either.
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