Two more test positive in Livingston County

Posted on April 25, 2020

 

There are now twenty confirmed COVID-19 cases in Livingston County. (Facebook/Livingston County Health Department)

 

By Katherine Murphy

Two more Livingston County residents have tested positive for COVID-19.

Health Department officials were notified of the new cases Friday bringing the total of confirmed cases to twenty.

In a statement from the Health Department, officials announced the individuals include a female in her twenties who is hospitalized and a female in her forties who is recovering at home in isolation.

Anyone who may have had exposure to the two new patients have been notified.

The Livingston County Health Department has received 306 COVID-19 test results. Of that, 20 COVID-19 tests have been confirmed positive, 286 tests confirmed negative, 16 of the previously reported confirmed cases have been released from isolation, and, sadly, one case has resulted in death due to complications related to COVID-19.

Katherine Murphy can be reached at [email protected]

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