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Marion County reports 17 new positive COVID-19 cases

By News Nov 5, 2020 | 7:57 PM

The Marion County Health Department is reporting another 17 positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

The 17 cases include one in a long term care facility and one student for which the health department is completing contact tracing.  Ten of the cases are considered community spread and seven had positive household or close contacts.  There are now 340 active cases, including 22 in the hospital and four on vents.

The new cases range in age from a boy under 12 to six in their 60s and three in their 70s.

Clinton County is reporting 56 new positive cases, bringing their total number of cases on home isolation to 299 and the number hospitalized to seven.

The Jefferson County Health Department had 32 new cases, including five in a long term care facility.   Cases ranged from a teen to a person in their 90s.  There are now 146 on isolation.

The Fayette County Health Department reported 29 new confirmed cases and a total of 132 active cases in isolation.

Washington County reported 12 new cases on Thursday ranging in age from an11 to 15-year-old female, two males in their late teens up to a female in her 80s.  There are now 46 active cases and one in the hospital.

Wayne County Health Department is reporting 17 new cases.  There are currently 101 who are on isolation and six who are in the hospital.