North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) has been made aware of an additional positive COVID-19 case in Holt County. Through case investigation, it was determined the case contracted the illness through travel. All close contacts have been contacted and asked to quarantine. NCDHD has also been made aware of an additional positive COVID-19 case in Knox County. Through case investigation, it was determined the case contracted the illness through community spread. The investigations is currently ongoing, and close contacts will be contacted and asked to quarantine. NCDHD would also like to report an additional recovery for Cherry County.
North Central District Health Department district counties will be moving into DHM Phase IV on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Additional information on what is changing with Phase IV can be found on the NCDHD website under the COVID-19 Updates page.
Case count update as of 7/30/2020 at 3:00 PM: 84 Total Cases (TC), 68 Recoveries (R), and 1 Death (D). A reminder that Total Case (TC) numbers are represented first, and of those
total cases the number of Recovered (R) persons is represented second, and total case related Deaths (D) is represented third.
Antelope: TC: 18 R: 15, D: 1
Boyd: TC: 1, R: 1
Brown: TC: 0
Cherry: TC: 4 R: 2
Holt: TC: 10 R: 5
Keya Paha: TC: 0
Knox: TC: 32 R: 27
Pierce: TC: 17 R: 16
Rock: TC: 2, R: 2