HANCOCK COUNTY REPORTS ELEVEN COVID-19 CASES March 1-7, 2021

Carthage, IL – March 8, 2021 – The Hancock County Health Department and Memorial Hospital report eleven laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 cases March 1-7, 2021.  Cases include one male in 80’s, two males in their 70’s, one male in his 30’s, one male in his 20’s and two males in their teens.   In addition, one female in their 70’s, one female in her 50’s, one female in her 40’s, and one female in her 30’s. There have been a total of one-thousand-six-hundred-eighty-seven (1687) COVID-19 cases in Hancock County, one-thousand-six-hundred-forty-two (1642) people have recovered, ten (10) people are currently isolated, one (1) is hospitalized, and thirty-four (34) have passed.  

Symptoms of COVID-19 can vary, they can be mild or severe depending on the person and their health conditions. If you are experiencing symptoms, stay home, and contact your healthcare provider to determine if you should get tested. 

  Stay home when ill, wash hands often, and clean and disinfect highly touched surfaces.  Additionally, people should wear a face covering when 6 ft. distancing cannot be maintained.  A person should quarantine at home while waiting for COVID-19 test results to return.  This will lessen the spread of illness.  If the test result is positive, isolating away from others in your household and others will help lessen the chances of them getting sick.   Close contacts of a positive are asked to quarantine in an effort to limit exposure to others they typically would come in contact with.   Everyone has a role in reducing the spread of illness.  Check-out Memorial Hospital and Hancock County Health Department’s Covid-19 case updates at  https://www.mhtlc.org/news-resources/coronavirus-covid19-informaiton/ 

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