Hancock County Reports 223 Cases of

COVID During the Week of January 16-22, 2022

The Hancock County Health Department and Memorial Hospital report two hundred twenty-three (223) laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID during the week of January 16-22, 2022.   Fifty-seven (57) of the two hundred twenty-three (223) cases are vaccinated.

Cases include two males in their 80’s, five males in their 70’s, eleven males in their 60’s, fourteen males in their 50’s, fifteen males in their 40’s, thirteen males in their 30’s, thirteen males in their 20’s, fifteen males in their teens, five pre-teen males and eight males 10 years old and younger.  In addition, female cases include two males in their 90’s, three female in their 80’s, four females in their 70’s, eight females in their 60’s, eighteen females in their 50’s, twenty-three females in their 40’s, fifteen females in their 30’s, twenty-four females in their 20’s, fifteen females in their teens, two pre-teen females and eight females 10 years old and younger.

There have been a total of three-thousand-nine-hundred-forty-three (3943) COVID-19 cases in Hancock County; three-thousand-six-hundred-fifty-one (3651) people have recovered, two-hundred-fifty (250) people are currently isolated, and forty-two (42) have passed.   

Remember to stay home if you are ill, follow the CDC’s isolation and close contact guidance, practice good hand-washing, and wear a mask when you are going to be around people.   Your doctor is most familiar with your health.  Talk to him or her about getting vaccinated, because it can reduce the severity of covid symptoms.

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