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By Mike Barnhardt
Enterprise Record

While the number of Davie residents testing positive for COVID has increased dramatically, the number of students quarantined in Davie County Schools is remaining relatively low.
The number of Davie residents testing positive was 796 on Jan. 14, up from 498 on Jan. 10, according to figures from Davie Health and Human Services.
A total of 67 of the 5,900 students in the school system had tested positive on Jan. 14, with 229 in quarantine.
Twenty-four of 800 staff members had tested positive.
The breakdown by schools, listed by number of positive tests then number of students quarantined:
• Cooleemee Elementary, 2 and 13;
• Cornatzer Elementary, 6 and 41;
• Mocksville Elementary, 4 and 15;
• Pinebrook Elementary, 9 and 45;
• Shady Grove Elementary, 7 and 22;
• William R. Davie Elementary, 2 and 14;
• North Davie Middle, 4 and 26;
• South Davie Middle, 5 and 11;
• Ellis Middle, 9 and 24;
• Central Davie, 0 and o;
• Davie High, 7 and 16; and
• Early College, 1 and 2.
The county numbers released on Jan. 14 showed that 110 Davie residents diagnosed with COVID had died.
Of the Jan. 14 countywide numbers:
• 93 were among those age 65 and older;
• 151 were among those age 50-64;
• 291 were among those age 25-49;
• 100 were among those age 18-24; and
• 161 were among those age 17 and younger.