Nearly 1,500 cases of COVID-19 reported at metro Atlanta schools after first week

ATLANTA — Several metro Atlanta school districts have returned to in-person learning amid the surge of the Delta variant in Georgia.

Of the districts that have released case numbers publicly, there have been 1,454 new cases of COVID-19 reported since the beginning of the school year just last week.

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Some districts were reporting hundreds of new COVID-19 infections just days into the school year.

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Here’s a list of active cases by school district (districts not listed have not released their case numbers to the public):

Atlanta Public Schools -- 92

Carrollton City -- 31

Carroll County -- 2

Cherokee County -- 196

Clayton County -- 21

Cobb County -- 185

Decatur City Schools -- 10

DeKalb County -- 213 (since July 1)

Fayette County -- 35

Fulton County -- 91 (school starts today)

Gwinnett County -- 268

Henry County -- 69

Marietta City -- 27

Newton County -- 80

Griffin-Spalding County -- 53

Rockdale County -- 34

Hall County -- 47

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