Second grader tests positive for coronavirus shortly after returning to school in Georgia

Published August 5, 2020 2:48pm ET



A second grader in Georgia tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the first day of school in person.

The student goes to Sixes Elementary in the state’s Cherokee County School district, which began in-person classes on Monday. In its reopening plans, the county recommended but did not require students to wear masks when social distancing was not possible.

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