Moody airman presumptive positive for COVID-19

Published 9:28 pm Sunday, March 15, 2020

VALDOSTA – An active-duty Air Force airman assigned to Moody Air Force Base has received a presumptive positive diagnosis for COVID-19, according to Moody officials.

The airman is undergoing evaluation and treatment, according to a statement from Moody released Sunday evening.

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The airman is the second person at Moody to receive a presumptive positive diagnosis for the coronavirus. The first case was a dining facility employee announced early Thursday morning.

Kristin Patten, public information officer for the South Health District, said Lowndes County only has two confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of 8:50 p.m. Sunday.

A South Georgia Medical Center employee tested positive for the coronavirus Saturday night, according to a hospital statement released Sunday afternoon. 

That employee was exposed March 6 to a woman who received a presumptive positive diagnosis for the coronavirus, according to hospital officials. The woman was treated at the SGMC main hospital March 5-7 and transferred to a Florida hospital where she received the presumptive positive diagnosis Tuesday night, SGMC officials said last week. 

The SGMC employee showed initial symptoms on March 11 but had 75% of symptoms resolved by Sunday afternoon, according to hospital officials.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.