North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) has been made aware of five (5) additional positive COVID-19 cases in the district. One (1) case in Cherry County is currently under investigation. One (1) case in Holt County is due direct contact with a positive case and all close contacts have been contacted and asked to quarantine. One (1) case in Knox County is due to community spread and all close contacts have been identified and asked to quarantine. One (1) case in Pierce County is due to community spread and all close contacts have been notified and asked to quarantine. One (1) case in Rock County is due to community spread and all close contacts have been identified and asked to quarantine.
Case count update as of 8/5/2020 at 3:00 PM: 95 Total Cases (TC), 79 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: 19 R: 16, D: 1
Boyd: TC: 1, R: 1
Brown: TC: 0
Cherry: TC: 5 R: 3
Holt: TC: 13 R: 9
Keya Paha: TC: 0
Knox: TC: 36 R: 31
Pierce: TC: 18 R: 17
Rock: TC: 3, R: 2