This week’s COVID-19 case count in the Cobb County School District is a slight drop from the week of March 19, as the rate of new infections continues to fall.
The district announced in its weekly update on Friday that there were 147 new confirmed cases, nine fewer than a week ago.
It’s the fourth straight week the case totals have been less than 200. The district does not break down the numbers for students and staff.
The district lists the number of active cases by school as well as cumulative totals since July 1, 2020.
Overall, there have been 4,501 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Cobb school district since that date.
This week there were fewer than 10 cases reported at schools with new active cases. They include the following at East Cobb schools:
- Bells Ferry ES: 1
- East Side ES: 1
- Eastvalley ES: 1
- Keheley ES: 1
- Mt. Bethel ES: 6
- Murdock ES: 1
- Powers Ferry ES: 2
- Sope Creek ES: 2
- Timber Ridge ES: 1
- Tritt ES: 1
- Dickerson MS: 3
- Dodgen MS: 1
- East Cobb MS: 1
- Hightower Trail MS: 1
- McCleskey MS: 1
- Lassiter HS: 1
- Pope HS: 4
- Walton HS: 5
In the nearly nine months the district has been compiling COVID data, Walton has the most cumulative cases with 130. Pope has 104, Lassiter 102 and Kell 101.
Dickerson has the most overall cases at the middle school level with 74, and McCleskey has 68.
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