Health & Fitness
Most Of Increase In COVID Cases In School Age Population
Forty-seven of the cases added in the last week were among those aged 5 to 17.
Forty-seven of the 153 new cases of COVID-19 added in Oconee County in the week ending on Aug. 19 were for persons aged 5 to 17.
Eight of the added cases were for persons aged 18 to 22, and seven were for children aged 0 to 4.
The remaining 81 cases were for those 23 years old and older.
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Persons aged 5 to 17 make up an estimated 20.8 percent of the population in Oconee County, but they accounted for 30.7 percent of the added cases of COVID 19 in the week ending on Aug. 19.
The number of added cases of COVID-19 among those aged 23 or more increased by four in the last week, while the number of cases of the disease among those aged 5 to 17 increased by 22.
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Classes started at Oconee County Schools on Aug. 4, and since Aug. 5 the percentage of cases for persons aged 5 to 17 in the county increased from 19.3 to the 30.7.
The Georgia Department of Public Health releases data on COVID-19 cases broken down by school age only weekly, and the most recent data were released on Saturday.
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