Twenty-one Greene County residents tested positive for Covid-19 in the past seven days, with 12 of those new cases in the past three days, county public health director Becky Wolf reported Monday morning, Oct. 19. The total number of confirmed cases in the county is now 178.
The average positivity rate over the past 14 days is 6.5 percent. Days to double is at 31.
Of those 178, 93 persons have recovered. Forty-eight percent had no pre-existing health condition and 18 percent had no Covid symptoms.
Breakdown for age groups for positive cases is as follows:
- 0-18 years: 14 percent
- 19-39 years: 32 percent
- 40-59 years: 33 percent
- 60-74 years: 18 percent
- 80 and older: 3 percent
Public health officials are concerned about the potential for a person to have both influenza and Covid-19 in close succession. Influenza is an illness for which a vaccine is available. Greene County public health will hold a drive-through flu shot clinic Thursday, Oct. 22, from 5 to 7 pm in the Greene County Family Medicine Clinic parking lot. No appointment is needed. She asks persons to wear masks to protect public health staff that will be conducting the clinic.
