On Monday, March 22nd, Curry County Public Health reported that it had received notification of 38 new COVID-19 cases. All cases have been confirmed by Curry County’s contracted Health Officer after receiving the lab results. Twenty-three of these cases are South Curry County residents, two North Curry County residents and thirteen are Central Curry County residents.
These cases are related to previously reported cases, large families, schools and from work places. Curry County Public Health is reaching out to all reported positive cases to make sure they are isolating and monitoring for symptoms. Curry County Public Health is currently investigating the cases through contact tracing to identify any possible contacts and exposures relevant to the cases and will reach out to anyone suspected of exposure to COVID-19.
Subsequently, Curry County has been notified that according to the framework of Governor Brown’s matrix to determine COVID-19 risk levels, Curry County will be moving from ‘High Risk’ to ‘Extreme Risk’ effective Friday, March 26th.
As of March 22nd, the total verified number of positive cases reported to Curry County Public Health for Curry County residents since the start of the pandemic is 525, with 8 deaths associated with Covid. Active cases currently for Curry County are 54 after adding the positive cases during the reporting period above and removing those whom are considered recovered based on Oregon Health Authority guidelines.
