Recent positive cases reported for counties in NCDHD area

O’Neill — North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) was made aware of four additional cases in the district on Monday, in addition to one case reported in Pierce County last Wednesday and three that were reported in Knox County last Thursday.

The case in Pierce County is deemed to be from direct contact with a positive case. Close contacts are being identified and will be asked to quarantine. The first three cases in Knox County are a result from direct contact with a positive case. Residents of Pierce and Knox counties should continue to practice social distancing, mask wearing when social distancing is difficult, and good hand hygiene as community spread is present in those counties.

On Monday, two new cases were reported for Holt County, one new case for Rock County and one new case and one new recovery for Knox County. Through case investigations, the cases are deemed to be from community spread. All close contacts have been identified and contacted.

Community spread means that the source from the spread of the illness is unknown. Community spread is present throughout the district and residents are encouraged to continue to practice social distancing, wear a mask when social distancing may be difficult, and practice good hand hygiene.

Case count update as of Monday, June 22, 3 p.m.: 40 Total Cases (TC) and 29 Recoveries (R). Total Case (TC) numbers are represented first, and of those total cases, the number of Recovered (R) persons is represented second.

Antelope: TC: 8 R: 8

Boyd: TC: 1, R: 1

Brown: TC: 0

Cherry: TC: 1 R: 1

Holt: TC: 3 R: 1

Keya Paha: TC: 0

Knox: TC: 19 R: 12

Pierce: TC: 7 R: 6

Rock: TC: 1, R: 0