Cobb Reporter

Both the positivity rate and number of new COVID-19 cases are on the decline in Cobb County, according to Dr. Janet Memark, district health director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health, in the latest update to the Cobb County Commissioners.

Although any decline in cases is good news, Memark told commissioners the county's rate, which hit a plateau between 300 and 400 cases over a two-week period per 100,000 people, is still considered high transmission, according to the Cobb County Courier.

"We're still on high transmission, but we're seeing the numbers come down as well as hospitalizations in our area," Memark said in an Oct. 7 Covid in Cobb video update that was posted on YouTube.

The Cobb County Courier reported that non-vaccinated individuals in Georgia are 12 times more likely to become infected with the virus, 15 times more likely to be hospitalized and 17 times more likely to die. 

Memark said her goal was to see the case rate of infection drop below the 100 per 100,000 people mark, according to the Marietta Daily Journal.

The Marietta Daily Journal reported that an FDA committee is set to meet later this month to talk about authorizing the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.