The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed a 17-year-old boy has died of the coronavirus, marking the youngest fatality and first pediatric death in the state.
Health officials: Georgia teen becomes youngest in the state to die from COVID-19
The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed a 17-year-old boy has died of the coronavirus, marking the youngest fatality and first pediatric death in the state.
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IT’S 6 O’CLOCK ON YOUR TUESDAY MORNING. LET’S START THIS HALF-HOUR WITH YOUR CORONAVIRUS HEADLINES. THIS MORNING GEORGIA’S REPORTING MORE THAN 43- THOUSAND CORONAVIRUS CASES… NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND MORE THAN LAST TUESDAY… SOUTH CAROLINA NOW HAS MORE THAN TEN-THOUSAND- CASES… THAT’S TWELVE- HUNDRED MORE CASES THAN A WEEK AGO… CHATHAM COUNTY NOW HAS 448 CASES – -85 MORE THAN A WEEK AGO… BEAUFORT COUNTY’S NOW REPORTING 336 CASES… THAT’S UP FIFTY CASES FROM THIS TIME LAST WEEK. IT’S ABOUT TO BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TO GET TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS… STARTING TODAY…THE COASTAL HEALTH DISTRICT’S OPENING SEVERAL NEW MOBILE TESTING SITES. THEY’RE IN CHATHAM… EFFINGHAM… LIBERTY… LONG… AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. STARTING THIS WEEK… AN AUSTRALIAN DRUG COMPANY’S TESTING ITS COVID- 19 VACCINE ON PEOPLE… THAT COMPANY HOPES TO HAVE RESULTS OF THOSE HUMAN TESTS BY JULY… IN ALL… TEN DRUG COMPANIES – AROUND THE WORLD – ARE NOW TESTING COVID-19 VACCINES ON PEOPLE. WE’LL DIVE DEEPER INTO YOUR CORONAVIRUS STORIES IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT FIRST… LET’S GET THAT CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST WITH METEROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS. NOW, HERE’S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR… TODAY SHOWERS, MAINLY AFTER 8AM. HIGH NEAR 80. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 70%. NEW PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS AND ONE INCH POSSIBLE. TUESDAY NIGHT SHOWERS LIKELY, MAINLY BEFORE 1AM. CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 70. NORTHEAST WIND 8 TO 14 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW PRECIPITATION AMOUNT BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBLE YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK YOUR NOW, HERE’S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR… TODAY SHOWERS, MAINLY AFTER 8AM. HIGH NEAR 80. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 70%. NEW PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS AND ONE INCH POSSIBLE. TUESDAY NIGHT SHOWERS LIKELY, MAINLY BEFORE 1AM. CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 70. NORTHEAST WIND 8 TO 14 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBL YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK YOUR CALENDAR BEFORE YOU HEAD TO ONE POPULAR CORONAVIRUS TESTING SITE IN SAVANNAH… WJCL’S EMMA HAMILTON JOINS US LIVE WITH WHICH DAYS YOU CAN – – AND CANNOT GET TESTED AT THE SALLY MOOD DRIVE LOCATION… EMMA… CHRIS, DIRECTOR OF THE COASTAL HEALTH DISTRICT DOCTOR LAWTON DAVIS SAYS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS GOTTEN MANY REQUESTS FOR MORE POP UP TESTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. STARTING TODAY … THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT LOCATION HERE ON EISENHOWER DRIVE WILL BE CLOSED TO TESTING ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS S STAFF CAN FOCUS ON THE POP UP TESTING SITES THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL HEALTH DISTRICT. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN MONDAY … WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY ALONG WITH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR TESTING BY APPOINTMENT. AT THE POP UP TESTING SITES … NO APPOINTMENT IS NEEDED AND REMEMBER … ANYONE CAN BE TESTED WHETHER YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OR NOT FOR FREE THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. POP UP TESTING LOCATIONS TODAY INCLUDE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN CHATHAM COUNTY .. AND AT MCINTOSH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MCINTOSH COUNTY. DOCTOR DAVIS SAYS AS GEORGIA BEGAN TO RE- OPEN … OUR NUMBER OF CASES WAS BEGINNING TO PLATEAU BUT SINCE THE RE-OPENING … THEY’RE SLOWLY GOING BACK UP. REMEMBER YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE ON ALL OF OUR CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE AND WHERE YOU CAN BE TESTED ON OUR WEBSITE … AT WJCL DOT COM. LIVE IN SAVANNAH THIS MORNING … EMMA HAMILTON, WJCL 22 NEWS. HRIS A POPULAR SAVANNAH RESTAURANT IS STEPPIGN UP TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS FOOD TO EAT DURING THIS PANDEMIC… ZUNZI’S KICKS OFF ITS ZUNZI-FEST AT ELEVEN O- CLOCK THIS MORNING… IT’LL GIVE A PORTION OF ITS PROFITS TO AMERICA’S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA… ZUNZI’S OWNERS SAY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO HELP IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE… IS STOP BY ITS RESTAURANT ON YORK STREET. IN COMMITMENT 20-20 NEWS… SOUTH CAROLINA ABSENTEE VOTERS áWILL NOTá NEED A WITNESS TO SIGN THEIR VOTING BALLOT… WJCL’S DANIEL ROBINSON – JOINS US LIVE FROM THE LOWCOUNTRY – WITH MORE A FEDERAL JUDGES’ RULING MEANT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS… DANIEL… CHRIS – THE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE – SAID HAVING A GET A WITNESS TO SIGN THE BALLOT WOULD INCREASE THE CHANCES THAT A VOTER COULD GET OR SPREAD CORONAVIRUS. THAT IS WHY SHE – ORDERED OFFICIALS NOT TO ENFORCE THE WITNESS SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT ON BALLOTS IN THE JUNE 9TH PRIMARY AND ANY RUNOFF ELECTIONS. SOME BACK GROUND ON THE LAWSUITS… THEY — WERE ORIGINALLY FILED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE – IT CALLED FOR CHANGES TO THE STATE’S ABSENTEE VOTING SYSTEM AMID THE PANDEMIC. THE FIRST SUIT – FILED IN APRIL – ASKED — FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIMIT THERE RISK OF BEING EXPOSED TO COVID- 19 – TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ABSENTEE. THEN IN MAY – THE TWO GROUPS – FILED A FEDERAL SUIT – THAT INCLUDED ELIMINATING THE WITNESS SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT. THE SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION COMMISSION — WAS ARGUING TO KEEP THE REQUIREMENT – SAYING THE ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE ON A VOTERS ENVELOPE WAS PUT IN PLACE TO HELP PREVENT FRAUD. NOW – THE JUDGE HAS ORDERED STATE OFFICIALS PUBLICIZE THE CHANGE – INCLUDING COORDINATING WITH LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS AND PUBLISHING THE CHANGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE JUDGES RULING CAN BE APPEALED BY THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION OR GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER. SOME PLAINTIFFS ALSO — ARGUED TO HAVE THE STATE EXTEND THE ELECTION DAY CUTOFF FOR RECEIVING ABSENTEE BALLOTS – BUT DESPITE THOSE ARGUMENTS – THE STATE DECIDED NOT EXTEND THE DEADLINE. THE REASON – THE JUDGE SAID WAS BECAUSE IT WOULD UNDERMINE OTHER STATE LAWS THAT ESTABLISHED TIMETABLES FOR CERTIFYING RESULTS AND PRINTING BALLOTS FOR RUNOFF ELECTIONS. MCMASTER – HAD PREVIOUSLY SIGNED A LAW ALLOWING ANYONE TO GET AN ABSENTEE BALLOT WITHOUT AN EXCUSE ….FOR JUST THIS JUNE’S PRIMARY. LIVE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY, DANIEL ROBINSON, WJCL 22 NEWS. GEORGIA’S SECRETARY OF STATE IS URGING VOTERS TO RETURN THEIR ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN TIME FOR THE JUNE NINTH PRIMARY. THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS LEADING TO THE HIGH DEMAND FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS. STATE ELECTION DATA SAYS NEARLY ONE MILLION VOTERS WHO REQUESTED BALLOTS HAVE NOT TURNED THEM IN. THIS… AS THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION REPORTS THAT THOUSANDS OF VOTERS IN FULTON COUNTY STILL HAVEN’T RECEIVED THEIR BALLOTS. PEOPLE IN SAVANNAH ARE WINDING DOWN FROM A BUSY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND… AND SEVERAL DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES OWNERS HOPE THAT BUSY WEEKEND WILL BOOST THEIR BOTTOM LINES… W-J-C-L’S STEPHEN MOODY TELLS US MORE. RESTAURANTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR HOMES THIS MEMORIAL DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, COLLINS QUARTER DOWNTOWN. THEY RECENTLY OPENED FOR OUTDOOR SEATING. THEY SAY THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE HAS BEEN AMAZING. REBECCA SCHMIDT ÷ BARISTA MANAGER, COLLINS QUARTER “IT’S BEEN AMAZING. IT’S BEEN OVERWHELMING. THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AWESOME. AS SOON AS THEY HEARD WE WERE OPEN, THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES HERE. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PLACE FOR TOURISTS TO COME TO. THE TOWN HAS BEEN JUMPING WITH EVERYONE COMING AND VISITING WITH THE HOLIDAYS. JUST SOMEWHERE TO GO AND SEE”. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT SAVANNAH HAS TO OFFER. AND FOR RESTAURANTS NEAR THESE PARKS, THEY’VE SEEN HOW HAPPY PEOPLE ARE TO DO JUST THAT. EVEN IF MEANS JUST WALKING IN THE PARK OR SITTING ON A BENCH. REBECCA SCHMIDT ÷ BARISTA MANAGER, COLLINS QUARTER “SAVANNAH IS FULL OF REALLY GOOD-HEARTED PEOPLE. WE ALL GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED, BUT I THINK WE ALL REALIZE THAT WE’RE IN THE SAME BOAT. WE JUST WANT TO GET OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO THAT’S WHY BEING IN THE PARK IS NICE. EVEN IF YOU’RE WAITING FOR YOUR FOOD, YOU’VE GOT THE WHOLE PARK TO EXPLORE. IT’S BEAUTIFUL WEATHER”. AND THE PARK HAS MADE IT EASIER AS WELL WITH THESE CIRCLES, OR HUMAN PARKING SPACES. EACH SPACE ENCOURAGES GROUPS TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING. BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND, PEOPLE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT ON THEIR OWN. MOST PEOPLE EVEN SPORTING MASKS. WE STILL DON’T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL LAST, BUT PEOPLE IN SAVANNAH ARE FINALLY ADJUSTING TO WHAT’S BEING CALLED THE NEW NORMAL. STEPHEN MOODY, WJCL 22 NEWS. SAVANNAH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON PLANS WILL GIVE HIS WEEKLY UPDATE ON THE CITY’S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 AT TEN O- CLOCK THIS MORNING… WE EXPECT HE’LL TALK ABOUT HOW WELL PEOPLE – – AND BUSINESSES – – FOLLOWED RULES IN PLACE TO PREVENT THE VIRUS FROM SPREADING… YOU CAN WATCH THE MAYOR’S UPDATE – LIVE – – AGAIN – – AT TEN O- CLOCK THIS MORNING – – RIGHT HERE ON W-J-C-L. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DIDN’T LET THE CORONAVIRUS STOP THEM FROM PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO FALLEN U.S. SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN. GEORGIA’S AIR NATIONAL GUARD TOOK PART IN A FLY-OVER ACROSS THE STATE YESTERDAY. IN SAVANNAH… HELICOPTERS COULD BE SEEN ABOVE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL…. BONAVENTURE CEMETERY… AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES. SPEAKING OF BONAVENTURE CEMETERY…. ORGANIZERS HELD A MEMORIAL DAY EVENT THERE . IT WAS HOSTED BY “AMERICAN LEGION POST 36”. FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES TOOK THE TIME TO HONOR AND SALUTE THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. RAY: “IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE WARS, IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GET WOUNDED AND PEOPLE GET KILLED BUT YOU KNOW WHAT’S WORSE THAN THAT? TO BE FORGOTTEN.” VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN HONORING THESE MEN AND WOMEN AT BONAVENTURE CEMETERY SINCE 1948. TO KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES… FORT STEWART HOSTED A áVIRTUALá COMMUNITY MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. THE CEREMONY WAS FILMED AT WARRIORS WALK….. WHICH IS A PATH WHERE TREES ARE PLANTED…..TO SERVE AS LIVING MONUMENTS TO FALLEN SOLDIERS. INCUE: THESE HONORED MEN GAVE THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT THEY HAD… LIFE ITSELF, OUTCUE: AND FOR BEING WATCHFUL CARETAKERS FOR THE FREEDOMS THEY GAVE THEIR LIVE
Health officials: Georgia teen becomes youngest in the state to die from COVID-19
The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed a 17-year-old boy has died of the coronavirus, marking the youngest fatality and first pediatric death in the state.
Above video: Your morning headlinesThe Georgia Department of Public Health said Sunday that a 17-year-old boy has died of the coronavirus, marking the youngest fatality and first pediatric death in the state. The teen was from Fulton County and had an underlying condition, according to officials. His identity has not been released. Over 1,800 people have died of COVID-19 in Georgia since the outbreak began with the median age of deaths at 73.6 years old, according to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.County by county: The latest coronavirus cases in Georgia, South CarolinaTracking the curve: See how coronavirus cases and deaths over timeCoronavirus in Georgia, SC: The latest resources, how to keep your family safeWJCL’s coronavirus special coverageAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cases of COVID-19 in children have typically been less severe, though there has been growing concern and a new warning about a rare condition recently seen in dozens of children nationwide.A spokesperson for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta confirmed that a team of infectious disease and cardiology experts are evaluating several cases in metro Atlanta of children who exhibited Kawasaki-like symptoms and inflammation. New York health officials have already issued a warning about a rare inflammatory syndrome that has infected at least 64 children in that state.A spokesperson for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta said they have experts for treating the symptoms regardless of a potential link to COVID-19.Families should contact their doctor or visit an emergency room if their child develops signs of illness such as high fever, rash, red eyes, abdominal pain and swelling of the face, hands or feet.Below video: Savannah-area doctors keeping an eye on rare COVID-related disease in children
Above video: Your morning headlines
The Georgia Department of Public Health said Sunday that a 17-year-old boy has died of the coronavirus, marking the youngest fatality and first pediatric death in the state.
The teen was from Fulton County and had an underlying condition, according to officials. His identity has not been released.
Over 1,800 people have died of COVID-19 in Georgia since the outbreak began with the median age of deaths at 73.6 years old, according to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.
County by county: The latest coronavirus cases in Georgia, South Carolina
Tracking the curve: See how coronavirus cases and deaths over time
Coronavirus in Georgia, SC: The latest resources, how to keep your family safe
WJCL’s coronavirus special coverage
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cases of COVID-19 in children have typically been less severe, though there has been growing concern and a new warning about a rare condition recently seen in dozens of children nationwide.
A spokesperson for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta confirmed that a team of infectious disease and cardiology experts are evaluating several cases in metro Atlanta of children who exhibited Kawasaki-like symptoms and inflammation.
New York health officials have already issued a warning about a rare inflammatory syndrome that has infected at least 64 children in that state.
A spokesperson for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta said they have experts for treating the symptoms regardless of a potential link to COVID-19.
Families should contact their doctor or visit an emergency room if their child develops signs of illness such as high fever, rash, red eyes, abdominal pain and swelling of the face, hands or feet.
Below video: Savannah-area doctors keeping an eye on rare COVID-related disease in children
