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2 Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Jefferson County

Jefferson County Health Department

The Jefferson County Health Department has announced two new cases of COVID-19 in the county.

The department says one is a woman in her 70s who is being isolated at a local hospital and another woman is in her 60s, who is in isolation at her home.

To date, there are 78 lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in the county, two of them resulting in deaths. Six of the positive cases have now been released from isolation.

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