On Wednesday, the Paris-Lamar County Health District reported the first COVID-19 related death in Lamar County.
Officials said this death is associated with the current coronavirus outbreak at the Paris Healthcare Center nursing home facility. Additionally, six more positive cases were reported.
As of April 29, officials confirmed that 48 positive coronavirus cases were affiliated with the nursing home.
All positive patients have been notified and quarantined immediately.
“It is imperative at this time that everyone maintains social distancing and we strongly recommend wearing masks in public places,” said Paris-Lamar County Health District.
The current total of positive cases in the county is 61. Of those cases, seven are travel-related and 54 community spread
Age 0-9: none
Age 10-19: 1 female
Age 20-29: 2 females
Age 30-39: 2 males, 2 females
Age 40-49: 1 male, 5 females
Age 50-59: 3 males, 5 females
Age 60-69: 11 males, 11 females
Age 70-79: 2 males, 8 females
Age 80 plus: 4 males, 4 females
In addition, there are approximately 62 persons under monitoring and six people have recovered.
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