Cobb schools report fewer than 100 active COVID-19 cases

Mountain View Elementary School

For the first time in the 2021-22 school year, fewer than 100 active COVID-19 cases are being reported in the Cobb County School District.

The district’s weekly case notification report shows 86 cases currently, but 13 of them are at Mountain View Elementary School in East Cobb.

That’s the only school in the 112-campus district that’s in double figures this week, as cases continue a steady drop since the start of the school year.

Last week, that figure was at 136, under 200 for the first time since the first week of classes in early August.

But a surge in COVID-19 cases across the South ramped up those figures dramatically later into late August, surpassing 1,000 active cases at one point and prompting the entire 5th grade at East Side Elementary School in East Cobb to learn remotely for nearly two weeks.

This week, most schools are reporting no cases at all, including the following in East Cobb:

Elementary schools: Addison, Bells Ferry, Brumby, Davis, East Side, Eastvalley, Garrison Mill, Keheley, Mt. Bethel, Nicholson, Powers Ferry, Rocky Mount, Sedalia Park, Timber Ridge.
Middle schools: Daniell, Dodgen, Hightower Trail, McCleskey.
High schools: Lassiter, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler.

Cobb and Douglas Public Health figures from Friday indicated that the 14-day average of cases per 100,000 people in Cobb is 182, above the “high” threshold of 100. That’s a figure that also has been dropping in recent weeks.

The Georgia Department of Public Health keeps a 7-day moving average of COVID-19 figures, and for Cobb County that number is dropping toward that threshold, at 118 cases per 100,000 according to date of onset.