The Hancock County Health Department and Memorial Hospital report one hundred-eleven (111) laboratory-confirmed cases and one death related to COVID during the week of January 30-February 5, 2022.   The health department and hospital extend sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased individual.  Forty-six (46) cases were males and sixty-five (65) cases were females.  Of the one hundred-eleven (111) cases forty-five (45) are vaccinated.  There have been a total of four-thousand-two-hundred-sixty-two (4262) COVID-19 cases in Hancock County; four-thousand-sixty-five (4065) people have recovered, one-hundred-fifty-three (153) people are currently isolated, and forty-four (44) have passed.   

COVID is a virus whose symptoms resemble other common illnesses.  Many people will have mild symptoms or no symptoms at all.  Others may have a more severe bout of it.  As with any illness it is important  to stay home if you are ill to decrease the spread, especially since it is very contagious.  Furthermore, 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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