North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) has been made aware of 12 additional positive COVID-19 cases in the district. Six cases, through case investigations have been deemed to be from close contact to confirmed positive cases: three in Cherry County, one in Knox County, and two in Pierce County. All close contacts with these cases have been identified and asked to quarantine. Four cases, through case investigations have been deemed to be from community spread: one in Cherry County, one in Keya Paha County, one in Knox County, and one in Pierce County. All close contacts with these cases have been identified and asked to quarantine. Two cases remain under investigation: one in Holt County and one in Pierce County.
NCDHD regrets to inform the district of two additional COVID-19 deaths in the district both from Pierce county. One case was a male in his 90s with underlying health conditions and the second case was a female in her 90s with underlying health conditions. NCDHD staff and administration send their sympathies to the families of those who have passed during this difficult time.
Case count update as of 8/26/2020 at 3:00 PM: 219 Total Cases (TC), 107 Recoveries (R), and 6 Deaths (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: 25, R: 18, D: 1
Boyd: TC: 10, R: 7
Brown: TC: 6, R: 0
Cherry: TC: 19, R: 5, D:1
Holt: TC: 21, R: 15
Keya Paha: TC: 1, R: 0
Knox: TC: 67, R: 38
Pierce: TC: 63, R: 21, D:4
Rock: TC: 7, R: 3