Stoddard County confirms 77 new cases of COVID-19; 2 deaths

Stoddard County Health Center Director Ben Godwin, has confirmed 77 new cases of COVID-19 since the last update on Wednesday. He additionally confirmed two COVID-19 related deaths in Stoddard County. The county now sits at 236 active cases of COVID-19 and 87 COVID-19 related deaths. Stoddard County has seen 4444 total confirmed case of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Broken down by age group the confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic are 0 to 19 – 685, 20 to 29 – 659 cases, 30 to 39 – 609 cases, 40 to 49 – 668 cases, 50 to 59 – 576 cases, 60 to 69 – 553 cases, 70 to 79 – 407 cases and 80-plus – 287 cases. Broken down by gender the county has confirmed 1,982 cases in males and 2,462 cases in females.

Godwin released an update on the nursing facility outbreak. There have been 61 total confirmed cases with 13 active cases. Ten of the active cases are residents and three are staff. There have been eight deaths.

An updated community breakdown of active cases has been released. These numbers do not include the nursing facility outbreak. Dexter has 103 active cases, Bernie 28, Bloomfield 26, Advance 22, Essex 18, Bell City 14, Puxico 11, Dudley 3 and Oran 1 (some rural Oran addresses are in Stoddard County).