October 23, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County School District reported only 1 positive case of COVID all week from Monday, October 18 to Friday, October 22 and that was at DeKalb County High School.
The number of those under quarantine dropped from 14 on Monday, October 18 to 8 on Friday, October 22.
According to Attendance Supervisor Joey Reeder, the number of those under quarantine at each school on Monday, October 18 were: DCHS 5, DeKalb Middle and Northside Elementary each with 3, DeKalb West 2, and Smithville Elementary 1. By Friday, October 22 the numbers were: DCHS 4, DeKalb Middle School 3, and DeKalb West School 1.
The district reported 4 absences among the staff on Friday, October 22 due to positive cases or quarantine including 1 at Smithville Elementary and 3 in the Transportation Department.
Meanwhile the number of active COVID cases in DeKalb County as of Friday, October 22 was 37 with 6 new cases.
There have been 70 deaths in DeKalb County since the pandemic began in March 2020 and 108 have been hospitalized.
At last report a total of 8,593 people (41.9%) have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine and 7,380 (36.8%) are fully vaccinated in DeKalb County.
Over the last seven days, (October 15-21) DeKalb County had a case count of 22 for a daily case rate of 15.3 per 100,000 residents.
For the most recent 14 days, (October 8-21) DeKalb County’s case count was 54 for a daily case rate of 18.8 per 100,000 residents.
For the 14 days prior (September 24 to October 7), the case count was 126 for a daily case rate of 43.9 per 100, 000 residents.
From March 5, 2020 to October 21, 2021, DeKalb County has had a total of 4,180 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 for a daily case rate of 34.3 per 100,000 residents.
Over the last 7 days the average percent positive was 10.7%.