Hancock County Reports 19 COVID-19 Cases

October 17-23, 2021

The Hancock County Health Department and Memorial Hospital report nineteen (19) laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 cases for the week of October 17-23, 2021.  Cases include four males in their 60’s, two males in their 50’s, two males in their 30’s, and one male in his 20’s. In addition, female cases include one female in her 70's, two females in their 60’s, two females in their 50’s, one female in her 40’s, two females in their 30’s, and two females in their teens.

 

There have been a total of two-thousand-seven-hundred-sixty-one (2761) COVID-19 cases in Hancock County; two-thousand-seven-hundred-fourteen (2714) people have recovered, twelve (12) people are currently isolated, and thirty-five (35) have passed.  

During the week of October 17-23, three of the 19 positive COVID cases were documented as fully vaccinated.  

 

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.   

 

 

 

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