Gwinnett teen now one of the state’s youngest COVID-19 fatalities

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — One of the state’s youngest COVID-19 fatalities is now a Gwinnett County teen.

According to the Department of Public Health, the victim is a white 15-year-old boy with no preexisting conditions.

The news comes just over a week after the virus claimed the state’s youngest victim, a 7-year-old boy from the Savannah area.

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As of Friday, there were 231,895 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state and 4,573 deaths. The state’s positivity rate stands at 10.8% and more than 1.9 million tests have been done across Georgia.

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, during the week of 8/3-8/9, Georgia’s statewide case numbers decreased by 7%. They also included the following statistics:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that Georgia has experienced a 22% decrease in case numbers over the past two weeks relative to the two weeks prior to that, and that we have seen a downward trajectory of cases for two weeks now.
• The highest % of case numbers still come from the high population counties in metro Atlanta (Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, Cobb have the highest case numbers) but these counties are actually experiencing decreases now.
• As of Aug. 13, the state reported over 1.9 million COVID-19 tests. Eight of the last nine days reporting more than 25,000 tests per day. Average of nearly 31,000 per day over the last nine days.
• DPH is operating 180 SPOCs, including mobile and pop-up locations statewide.
• The number of specimens collected at DPH SPOCs has now passed 750,000.
• Positivity rates are decreasing from 11.86% on 7/27 to 10.98% on 8/3 to 9.5% on 8/9/20.

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