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From left to right, Russell students Arnav Dharmagadda, Ashley Steele, Morgan Clifton and Brody Kilburn display STLP plaques. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Russell STLP students check out a presentation in the classroom. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Russell STLP students check out a presentation in the classroom. SUBMITTED PHOTO featured top story
Lee Ward | The Daily Independent May 5, 2021
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Barrow County set a new daily high in coronavirus cases Thursday, Dec. 10, with 68 more cases confirmed countywide in the Georgia Department of Public Healthâs daily 3 p.m. update as the numbers around the state, northeast Georgia region and the U.S. continued to skyrocket.
The DPH on Thursday reported a daily-record 6,126 confirmed cases around the state, along with another 1,824 antigen cases. On Friday, Dec. 11, the state reported another 4,775 confirmed cases and 1,650 additional antigen positive cases â bringing the cumulative totals to 466,904 confirmed cases through PCR tests and 64,689 positive cases through antigen tests, also commonly known as rapid diagnostic tests. The state also confirmed another 55 deaths Thursday and 52 Friday, raising the recorded death toll to 9,175.