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Second COVID-19 related death reported in Dawson County

DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – At 7 p.m. today (April 10), the Georgia Department of Health (DPH) reported that a confirmed case of COVID-19 had claimed a second life in Dawson County. Fetch Your News does not have any additional details on the age, or gender of the deceased.

The DPH issues daily reports at noon and 7 p.m. This evening’s report indicates there have been 11,859 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Georgia, 425 deaths and 2,454 people have been hospitalized with the disease.

Dawson County has had 25 confirmed cases, Lumpkin County 9 and White County 11. Neither Lumpkin nor White have reported any deaths.

Fetch Your News only reports on cases confirmed by the DPH. These reports may not reflect real-time spread as the laboratories processing COVID-19 tests are reportedly backlogged by several days. Fetch Your News is also reaching out to local sources to confirm positive cases.

 

Bill Johnson

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