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More COVID-19 Cases Announced in Area

More COVID-19 Cases Announced in Area
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
May. 26, 2020 | WESTERN KENTUCKY/SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
By West Kentucky Star Staff May. 26, 2020 | 06:20 PM | WESTERN KENTUCKY/SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
More positive tests for COVID-19 in western Kentucky and Southern Illinois were announced on Tuesday.

The Calloway County Health Department says one person has been diagnosed, and is the 45th confirmed case of coronavirus in Calloway County, with 42 cases fully recovered, 2 isolated at home, and one death.

The Southern Seven Health Department announced one new case in their region, a man in Pulaski County. There have now been 205 cases of the virus in the southern seven counties of Illinois, with 80 recoveries and 7 deaths. Cases by county are:  Alexander - 8 cases, 8 recovered; Hardin - 1 case, 1 recovered; Johnson - 7 cases, 4 recovered, 3 active; Massac - 7 cases, 6 recovered, 1 active; Pope - 1 case, 1 recovered; Pulaski - 41 cases, 22 recovered, 19 active; Union - 140 cases, 38 recovered, 102 active, 7 deaths.

The Purchase District Health Department confirmed three more cases on Tuesday - one in Ballard County and two in McCracken County. The Ballard County case was reported by their office of emergency management on Sunday, and it is their 10th case of the virus. The two cases in McCracken County are women in their 50s. A pending case announced on Friday been confirmed as a 5-year-old girl. Cases by county are: McCracken - 91 cases, 67 recoveries, 2 deaths; Ballard - 10 cases, 8 recoveries; Carlisle - 5 cases, 2 recoveries, 1 death; Hickman - 5 cases, 4 recoveries; Fulton - 3 cases. 

The Marshall County Health Department says one more person has received a positive test result. The 48-year-old man is isolating at home, and brings the total in Marshall County to 36 cases, with 33 recoveries and two deaths. 
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