For Immediate Release
9.15.20 @ 9:00 a.m.
Howell County Health Department reports that an additional sixty six cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the county over the last 4 days. This brings the year to date total number of cases to four hundred and eighty nine. Currently, there are one hundred and forty eight known active cases in Howell County. Of these one hundred and forty eight, five are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Forty four of the new cases reside in West Plains, six live in Willow Springs, seven live in Mtn. View, four live in Pomona, three live in Caulfield, one lives in Peace Valley and one lives in Pottersville. Positive cases and significant exposures to cases have been notified and have been placed on isolation or quarantine. Thirty three of the cases are considered community spread, or the source of the infection is unknown. Thirty three of the cases have been linked to known cases.
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