Hancock County Reports 26 COVID-19 Cases October 10-16, 2021

The Hancock County Health Department and Memorial Hospital report twenty-six (26) laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 cases for the week of October 10-16, 2021.  Cases include two males in their 70’s, three males in their 50’s, one male in his 40’s, two males in their 30’s, one male in his 20’s, one male in his teens, and three males 10 years of age and younger.  In addition, female cases include three females in their 70's, two females in their 60’s, one female in her 50’s, one female in her 40’s, one female in her 30’s, two females in their 20’s, three females 10 years of age and younger.

 

There have been a total of two-thousand-seven-hundred-forty-two (2742) COVID-19 cases in Hancock County; two-thousand-six-hundred-seventy-nine (2679) people have recovered, twenty-eight (28) people are currently isolated, and thirty-five (35) have passed.  

 

During the week of October 10-16, two of the 26 positive COVID cases were documented as fully vaccinated with the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine.

 

There are many factors that can help reduce the spread of illness.  For the safety of yourself and others, it is important to social distance, wear masks, hand wash and use proper respiratory etiquette, stay home when you are sick, clean and disinfect, follow isolation and quarantine guidance and get vaccinated.