On Monday afternoon, May 18th, the Curry County Public Health Department was notified by the Del Norte County Public Health Department that a Curry County resident, who was symptomatic, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, May 17th according to a Monday afternoon press release from Curry County Public Health Administrator Sherrié R. Ward.
Public Health Administrator
Sherrié R. Ward
The individual is a healthcare worker in Del Norte County and is currently self- isolating at home as contact tracing and an investigation is being performed by both Curry County Public Health as well as Del Norte County Public Health.
This is currently the only active COVID-19 case in Curry County. The county has had four prior confirmed cases which all have recovered after self-isolating. None of the confirmed cases resulted in hospitalization.
