May 30, 2020 at 4:43 a.m.
Jay hits 50 cases
Jay hits 50 cases
Sixty days.
Fifty cases.
Jay County Health Department announced Friday evening that the county now has 50 cases of COVID-19, with the latest case confirmed Thursday.
Jay County has averaged 1.23 new cases per day since the state’s stay-at-home restrictions began being lifted via Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Back on Track Indiana plan on May 4. It had averaged 0.53 cases per day between the report of its first case March 31 and May 3. The availability of testing has also increased over that period.
Thus far, 10.8 percent of Jay County residents who have been tested have come back positive for the disease caused by coronavirus.
No Jay County residents have died as a result of COVID-19.
The health department urged local residents to look out for their health and the health of their neighbors.
“Continue to practice social distancing, good hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette,” said administrator and environmentalist Heath Butz in a press release. “Wear face coverings in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. These measures will help with the continued mitigation of COVID-19 and lower the risk of a resurgence.”
The health department is providing face masks for free to those who need them. Call (260) 726-8080 to schedule a time for pick up at the department’s office at 504 W. Arch St., Portland.
Jay County has the 34th-lowest case total among Indiana’s 92 counties. Marion County (Indianapolis) has more than twice as many cases as any other county in the state at 9,616 while Pike County in southwest Indiana has the fewest with six.
Delaware County has the highest case total in the area with 377, followed by Mercer (203), Darke (167), Randolph (46), Wells (28), Blackford (24) and Adams (13).
Coronavirus is spread through respiratory droplets from sneezes and coughs, close personal contact and touching something with the virus on it and then touching the mouth, nose or eyes before washing hands. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines encourage frequent hand washing, avoiding touching the face with unwashed hands, avoiding close contact with those who are sick, and covering coughs and sneezes with a facial tissue and wearing a mask in public.
For most, COVID-19 symptoms are mild to moderate, including fever, cough and shortness of breath that clear up in two to three weeks. Other symptoms may include chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and loss of taste or smell. Older adults and those with pre-existing health problems are susceptible to more severe illnesses.
Fifty cases.
Jay County Health Department announced Friday evening that the county now has 50 cases of COVID-19, with the latest case confirmed Thursday.
Jay County has averaged 1.23 new cases per day since the state’s stay-at-home restrictions began being lifted via Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Back on Track Indiana plan on May 4. It had averaged 0.53 cases per day between the report of its first case March 31 and May 3. The availability of testing has also increased over that period.
Thus far, 10.8 percent of Jay County residents who have been tested have come back positive for the disease caused by coronavirus.
No Jay County residents have died as a result of COVID-19.
The health department urged local residents to look out for their health and the health of their neighbors.
“Continue to practice social distancing, good hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette,” said administrator and environmentalist Heath Butz in a press release. “Wear face coverings in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. These measures will help with the continued mitigation of COVID-19 and lower the risk of a resurgence.”
The health department is providing face masks for free to those who need them. Call (260) 726-8080 to schedule a time for pick up at the department’s office at 504 W. Arch St., Portland.
Jay County has the 34th-lowest case total among Indiana’s 92 counties. Marion County (Indianapolis) has more than twice as many cases as any other county in the state at 9,616 while Pike County in southwest Indiana has the fewest with six.
Delaware County has the highest case total in the area with 377, followed by Mercer (203), Darke (167), Randolph (46), Wells (28), Blackford (24) and Adams (13).
Coronavirus is spread through respiratory droplets from sneezes and coughs, close personal contact and touching something with the virus on it and then touching the mouth, nose or eyes before washing hands. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines encourage frequent hand washing, avoiding touching the face with unwashed hands, avoiding close contact with those who are sick, and covering coughs and sneezes with a facial tissue and wearing a mask in public.
For most, COVID-19 symptoms are mild to moderate, including fever, cough and shortness of breath that clear up in two to three weeks. Other symptoms may include chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and loss of taste or smell. Older adults and those with pre-existing health problems are susceptible to more severe illnesses.
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