How Hall County Schools is tracking asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 in students and employees - Gainesville Times

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How Hall County Schools is tracking asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 in students and employees

LPN Amanda McDaniel, of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Urgent Care Gainesville, prepares to use a COVID-19 test Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, at Cherokee Bluff High School for any voluntary, asymptomatic student and school employee. - photo by Scott Rogers

08282020 HALLCOTESTING 2.jpg — LPN Amanda McDaniel, of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Urgent Care Gainesville, prepares to use a COVID-19 test Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, at Cherokee Bluff High School for any voluntary, asymptomatic student and school employee. - photo by Scott Rogers

There’s no way of knowing exactly how many asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 are inside Hall schools, but the Hall County School District has a testing plan to at least come up with an estimate.