21-Adair County Surpasses 2,000 COVID-19 Cases

Adair County surpassed 2,000 COVID-19 cases. The confirmed case total now stands at 2,016. There are 83 active cases and 1,918 people who have left isolation. This case update includes cases from Saturday, through yesterday. There were seven new cases confirmed on January 16th, 2 on the 17th, 12 on the 18th, and 15 new cases confirmed yesterday. Five of yesterday’s cases are in the K-12 schools sector and one is in the skilled nursing facility sector. Nine are in households with at least one other confirmed case. An 84-year-old male reported on January 14 and the 72-year-old male reported yesterday were both admitted to Northeast Regional. Neither has required use of a ventilator.