ELIZABETHTOWN — December is now on record as the worst month for coronavirus cases in Bladen County. Cases outpaced recoveries Friday in Bladen County statistics logged by its Health Department. There were 19 cases added and 18 recoveries, climbing to 191 active with four people still hospitalized. Since the pandemic began, there have been 1,630 cases and 1,416 recoveries. Twenty-three have died. At 287 cases, December now stands significantly clear of June’s 271 with another two weeks to go. The four fatalities are second to the five recorded in August. There was change in the twice-a-week outbreaks and clusters report from the Department of Health and Human Services. In outbreaks, defined as two or more at congregate living settings, Elizabethtown Health and Rehab now counts five cases among staff and none among residents.