(Mills Co.) Mills County Public Health has been notified of an additional positive confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mills County. This brings the total number of confirmed positive cases to six in Mills County.
The new case is an adult, in the age range of 41-60 years, and the virus was contracted through community spread. The health department is currently conducting contact investigations to identify and follow-up with any people who had close contact with the ill individual. Close contacts are educated about self-monitoring their health status by health department nurses. They are required to do daily symptom and temperature checks; as well as quarantine themselves for 14 days as a precaution.
In Mills County, to date, there have been 6 confirmed cases. Three of the cases have recovered. A total of 122 individuals have been tested. All residents are urged to stay home as much as possible, stay away from groups of people and maintain a 6-foot distance from other individuals.
