Stoddard County confirms 76 new cases of COVID-19; updates community breakdown of active cases

Friday, August 27, 2021

The director of the Stoddard County Health Center, Ben Godwin, has confirmed 76 new cases of COVID-19 since the previous update on Wednesday afternoon. The county now sits at 214 active cases of COVID-19, 81 deaths and 4246 cases since the start of the pandemic.

Broken down by age group the confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic are 0 to 19 – 615, 20 to 29 – 628 cases, 30 to 39 – 586 cases, 40 to 49 – 645 cases, 50 to 59 – 559 cases, 60 to 69 – 536 cases, 70 to 79 – 395 cases and 80-plus – 282 cases. Broken down by gender the county has confirmed 1,896 cases in males and 2,350 cases in females.

The updated information on the nursing facility outbreak is 56 total confirmed cases with 11 active cases among residents, 5 among staff and 6 deaths.

Godwin has also released an community breakdown of active cases. These numbers do not include the nursing facility outbreak. Dexter has 102, Bernie has 23, Bloomfield 20, Puxico 19, Advance 16, essex 10, Dudley 7, Bell City 3, Oran 2 (some rural Oran addresses are located in Stoddard County) and Parma 2.

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