Monday, July 19, 2021
Cases, quarantines continue to climb each week
This week marks a new first for Barry County in the 16 months of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic the most hospitalizations in any one week.
According to the Barry County Health Department and Barry County Office of Emergency Management, there have been 3,496 (+91) confirmed positive cases of COVID-19.
As of July 16, a total of 128 (+13) people were considered active cases in isolation, and 13 are hospitalized (+6), which is the most ever in a one-week period. Three times previously, 10 people had been hospitalized, but the number has never been higher than that.
There are more than 200 close contacts (+50) quarantined in their homes.
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