For the fourth day in a row, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Cobb County rose by 200 or more, reflecting a continuing surge in positive tests in Georgia.
In East Cobb, the overall figure has gone over 1,000.
According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, another 206 positive cases were reported in Cobb on Friday, pushing the overall total to 5,507.
That’s an increase of 877 cases since Monday, easily eclipsing a previous weekly high of 685 last week in only five days.
Five more deaths were reported in Cobb during that time, with the 245 cumulative total the second-highest in the state,
Across Georgia, there were 2,784 new cases on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 90,493. A total of 2,856 deaths have been reported in Georgia, a jump of seven from Thursday.
The new cases in East Cobb rose from 849 last week, with one new reported death, in ZIP Code 30066, bringing the community total to 41.
Cobb and Douglas Public Health has been compiling confirmed case and death totals by ZIP Code, and here’s the latest for those in East Cobb, which has 1,034 as of Thursday:
- 30067: 317 cases, 8 deaths
- 30062: 297 cases, 12 deaths
- 30066: 241 cases, 9 deaths
- 30068: 155 cases, 16 deaths
- 30075: 24 cases, 0 deaths
The Cobb COVID count at the start of the week was 4,630. But 247 more cases were reported Tuesday and 204 on Wednesday, when Dr. Janet Memark, director of Cobb and Douglas Public Health, issued a public health alert.
The Cobb case total jumped by 220 on Thursday and 206 on Friday.
Gov. Brian Kemp last week extended the state’s public health emergency and issued social distancing measures governing public gatherings.
He also embarked on a tour of Georgia to urge mask-wearing, warning that the college football season could be in jeopardy if the case numbers keep rising.
The governor, however, is not requiring masks to be worn. Nor will the Cobb County School District, which is delaying the start of the school year by two weeks to make COVID-related preparations.
On Friday, the Moxie Burger and Moxie Taco locations in East Cobb announced they would be closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for the virus.
Much of the rising number of cases is attributable to a greater number of tests being conducted and younger, more active people testing positive.
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