The Hancock County Health Department and Memorial Hospital report seventy-six (76) laboratory-confirmed cases and one death related to COVID during the week of February 6-12, 2022.   The health department and hospital extend sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased individual.  Thirty-one (31) cases were males and forty-five (45) cases were females.  Of the seventy-six (76) cases twenty-two (22) are vaccinated.  There have been a total of four-thousand-three-hundred-thirty-eight (4338) COVID-19 cases in Hancock County; four-thousand-two-hundred twelve (4212) people have recovered, eighty-one (81) people are currently isolated, and forty-five (45) 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.  Other ways to reduce the spread of COVID is to follow the CDC’s isolation and close contact guidance, practice good hand-washing, and wear a mask when you are going to be around many people.   Your doctor is most familiar with your health.  Talk to him or her about getting vaccinated or boosted, because it can reduce the severity of covid symptoms.