23rd case of COVID-19 reported in Dubois County
The Dubois County Health Department confirmed another positive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been identified. This brings the total of positive cases of COVID-19 in Dubois County to 23.
“We are working closely with Indiana State Department of Health and local officials to ensure that contacts of the patient are identified and monitored,” stated the health department. “Anyone who may have an exposure risk, has been or is being notified about potential exposures so that appropriate infection control procedures can be followed. The patient is in isolation.”
“With the increase of cases this week, it is obvious that COVID-19 is still present in our community. We must continue to be vigilant in our fight against this virus,” said Dr. Ted Waflart, Dubois County Health Officer. “We cannot take this disease for granted and let our guard down. Please be responsible by using cloth masks and social distance in public.”
Dubois County Health Department encourages all to be safe and take precautions, if you must leave your home, maintain physical distancing, wash your hands, and wear a face mask. #InThisTogether
How many of these folks work at Farbest foods?
They just had a case at farbest!!
Dubois County has 23 people that have tested positive for covid19. Can you tell us if anyone has gotten over the virus? Have none of those who were first diagnosed improved? I can’t speak for anyone else, but I think we deserve to be more informed.
Last week it was reported that 75 percent of the cases had reported they were out of quarantine. There were 17 cases at the time of that announcement.
We indeed DO, and have from the beginning, deserve to be more informed. What IS the reason(s) for the health department’s broken-record silence on more details of these positive infections – ? They hide behind HIPAA to justify their repetitive silence on other information that’s not prohibited by HIPAA. There are many general details too numerous to mention here but which HAVE been mentioned in past comments, that the health department could and SHOULD be more transparent with, of the general how/where of the infection sources/circumstances that in no way would ID anything of persons or specific places, but would keep folks better informed and help to understand various aspects of this virus. Understand the concern that more info could somehow be counterproductive, but give people the trust and common-sense credit for being better informed – not the ‘what they don’t know won’t hurt them’ of a muzzled, nanny-state approach.
Did anyone recover from this or are they still in isolation ??? Never hear anything about anyone getting better… What’s with that ????
Last week, when there were 17 positive cases in the county, the health department announced that 75 percent of the cases had reported they were no longer symptomatic and were no longer quarantining.