Six Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported Locally

The Effingham County Health Department Sunday reported six new positive cases of COVID-19.

A female in her 20s and two females in their 30s have had contact with persons testing positive for COVID. Two males in their 30s and a male in his 40s have had no known contact with a positive case. 

All are doing well in isolation.

Local health departments are noticing an increase in community transmission. It is important to follow safety precautions of social distancing, hand hygiene, wearing a face covering in public, and staying away from large groups or gatherings that do not have safety precautions in place.

When a case is discovered to be positive, they become an active case and the person is placed in isolation. The health department works with the active case to determine who might have been a close contact during the contagious period. Close contacts are placed in quarantine until the possibility of developing infection has safely passed.

COVID can be spread up to 48 hours before a person starts with symptoms.