Over 100 Fannin County School System students are currently quarantining due to a school exposure to COVID-19.
Of the Fannin County School System’s 2,891 students, three have a current COVID-19 positive status, 103 are quarantined due to exposure at school and 15 are quarantined due to non-school exposure.
Of the 472 system employees, none have a current COVID-19 positive status, are quarantined due to an exposure at school or are quarantined due to non-school exposure.
There are 414 students enrolled in online learning who do not attend in-person classes.
Fannin County has seen an increase of 103 cases of COVID-19 over the last two weeks as of Monday, September 14.
This brings the county’s total up to 548 positive cases since the pandemic began.
Nine of those people who had contracted the virus have died, and 40 have been hospitalized.
All school system employees have now been deemed “essential” by the state, which means, on a case by case basis, if an employee has been exposed to someone who has tested positive for the virus and remains asymptomatic, they have the option to either quarantine for 14 days or remain at work while they monitor for symptoms and follow CDC and Department of Health guidelines.
Those employees who choose to continue to work in the schools will be required to wear a mask, maintain a 6-foot distance from all other individuals and have a daily symptom check provided by a school administrator or someone designated by an administrator upon their arrival. If any symptoms develop, they will be required to immediately leave the school.
The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that Georgia has seen 295,337 confirmed cases, 6,353 virus related deaths, 26,394 hospitalizations and 4,830 ICU admissions. Of these, 1,055 confirmed cases, 20 deaths and 25 were reported September 14.
According to the Georgia Geospatial Information Office, the United States has seen 6,531,744 confirmed cases, 194,202 deaths and 2,450,162 recoveries.
This information was gathered and was accurate as of Monday, September 14.