A 17-year-old Fulton County boy has died from coronavirus. He is the youngest person in Georgia to die from COVID-19. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, he had a chronic condition.
Why it Matters: COVID-19 is frequently believed to only affect the elderly. A common misconception is that children are not impacted and do not die from coronavirus. The fact that a 17-year-old in Georgia has died shows the reality that anyone of any age can contract the virus and die.
As of 7 p.m. Sunday, Fulton County had 4,054 confirmed cases and 196 total deaths from coronavirus. The Department of Public Health reports that there have been 783 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Fulton County.
Statewide, Georgia has had 42,902 confirmed coronavirus cases, 7,450 hospitalizations, 1,684 ICU admissions and 1,827 deaths.
Prior to the 17-year-old’s death, the youngest person to die in Georgia was a 22-year-old woman from Muscogee County who had a chronic condition. A 25-year-old man from Decatur county also died from the virus. He had no known chronic conditions.
Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
