Clayton County tops 6,700 COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 8

by Robin Kemp

The latest figures from the Clayton County Health District show 6,716 cases of COVID-19 to date.

A check of Clayton County long-term care (LTC) facilities shows that, as of 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, 324 residents have tested positive for COVID-19, while 9 residents have died of the disease and 87 nursing home and rehab staff have tested positive to date:

Learn more about how the Georgia Department of Public Health tracks COVID-19 in LTCs.

As of Sept, 8, 2020, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported 6,695 confirmed cases, 146 deaths, and 619 hospitalizations. The case rate was 2,196.25 per 100,000 residents.

Here is the state’s latest accounting of unnamed COVID-19 victims in Clayton County. Of those who died:

• 100 were African-American or Black.
• 7 were Asian.
• 8 were listed as “other” race.
• 2 were listed as “unknown” race.
• 29 were white.
• 75 were female.
• 71 were male.
• 53 had no preexisting illness contributing to their death (comorbidity).
• 51 suffered from a comorbidity.
• It was unknown as to whether 43 of those who died had a comorbidity.

AGE	SEX	RACE/ETHNICITY	COMORBIDITY
51	Female	African-American/ Black	No
67	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
47	Male	White	Yes
82	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
70	Male	African-American/ Black	No
50	Male	Other	Yes
76	Male	African-American/ Black	No
75	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
63	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
82	Male	White	Yes
71	Female	African-American/ Black	No
83	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
54	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
64	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
38	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
56	Female	African-American/ Black	No
56	Male	White	Yes
63	Female	White	Unknown
49	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
46	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
60	Male	African-American/ Black	No
67	Male	African-American/ Black	No
52	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
63	Female	African-American/ Black	No
55	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
86	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
84	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
44	Male	White	No
64	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
89	Male	African-American/ Black	No
63	Female	African-American/ Black	No
55	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
82	Female	White	No
90+	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
86	Female	Asian	Unknown
68	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
77	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
75	Male	African-American/ Black	No
90+	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
69	Female	White	No
61	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
69	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
75	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
81	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
39	Female	African-American/ Black	No
73	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
74	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
33	Male	African-American/ Black	No
70	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
57	Female	Other	Unknown
77	Male	White	No
65	Female	African-American/ Black	No
70	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
75	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
70	Male	African-American/ Black	No
85	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
81	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
83	Female	Other	Unknown
67	Male	African-American/ Black	No
74	Female	White	Unknown
72	Male	White	No
48	Male	African-American/ Black	No
90+	Female	White	No
88	Male	White	No
90+	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
83	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
90+	Female	White	Unknown
69	Male	White	No
55	Male	African-American/ Black	No
85	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
83	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
90+	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
69	Male	African-American/ Black	No
82	Female	African-American/ Black	No
66	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
55	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
72	Male	White	Unknown
49	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
66	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
78	Female	African-American/ Black	No
64	Female	African-American/ Black	No
55	Male	White	Yes
86	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
90+	Female	White	No
86	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
65	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
62	Male	Other	Unknown
67	Male	White	Unknown
83	Female	White	Unknown
56	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
51	Female	Other	Yes
83	Female	African-American/ Black	No
81	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
52	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
63	Male	White	Unknown
77	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
87	Female	White	Yes
71	Male	Asian	Yes
85	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
67	Female	African-American/ Black	No
38	Female	African-American/ Black	No
67	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
81	Male	African-American/ Black	No
74	Male	African-American/ Black	No
72	Female	African-American/ Black	No
43	Female	African-American/ Black	No
37	Female	African-American/ Black	No
60	Male	Asian	Yes
49	Male	Asian	No
48	Female	Other	Unknown
68	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
57	Female	African-American/ Black	No
59	Female	African-American/ Black	No
68	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown
55	Male	Other	Yes
59	Female	African-American/ Black	No
72	Male	Asian	Yes
48	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
75	Male	White	Yes
51	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
52	Female	African-American/ Black	No
68	Male	Unknown	Unknown
83	Male	White	No
26	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
39	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
63	Male	African-American/ Black	Yes
55	Male	African-American/ Black	No
83	Female	White	No
90+	Female	White	No
78	Male	White	Yes
71	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
72	Female	Asian	Yes
61	Male	White	No
90+	Male	African-American/ Black	No
85	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
73	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
70	Male	Unknown	Unknown
68	Male	White	Unknown
74	Female	African-American/ Black	No
64	Female	African-American/ Black	Unknown
69	Female	African-American/ Black	Yes
82	Male	White	Yes
58	Female	Asian	Yes
72	Female	Other	Yes
90+	Female	African-American/ Black	No
69	Male	African-American/ Black	Unknown

If your loved one died of COVID-19 and you would like to account for their death, you can add their information to Loved Ones, Not Numbers. You also are invited to send information to The Clayton Crescent.

State, county, and other health experts urge you to wear a mask over your mouth and nose, wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer when you’re out, and maintain social distance of at least 6 feet to limit the spread of COVID-19. Because you may not develop symptoms until two weeks after you are exposed to the virus, experts say it’s important to maintain these protocols to starve the disease of any future hosts.

Take an online COVID-19 screening test at https://covid19.dph.ga.gov/en-US/.