High school students in Georgia tested positive for COVID-19

Several high school students in Georgia tested positive for COVID-19 after participating in a drive through graduation ceremony, school officials said in a letter to student families that was first reported by CNN. It was not immediately clear how many students were infected or whether they contracted the virus during the May 17 celebration, but they are all members of The Lovett School’s Class of 2020.

“Unfortunately the infectious nature of the COVID-19 virus means that most communities will be touched at some point, and we recognize how hard separation and missed milestones have been on the emotional lives of our students,” Head of School Meredyth Cole and Head Nurse Shana Horan wrote in the letter. The school, a prestigious private institution in Atlanta, said in a letter Saturday that the students and their families are working with the “appropriate healthcare professionals” and departments of health.

The school postponed it’s traditional graduation ceremony to late July, but on May 17 held a drive through parade to celebrate graduating seniors, CNN affiliate WSB reported. According to the Atlanta Journal- Constitution, some students arrived in groups and were in close quarters with one another. The first case reported to the school last week involves a student who attended the drive-through festivities and was “confined to his or her car while on campus,” Cole and Horan wrote in an email to parents on Friday, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

But health authorities are still investigating the source of the student’s infection because the teen later “had company over for a graduation gathering, and then traveled out of town with friends,” the email reportedly states.

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