The Mercer County Health Department (MCHD) on Friday announced the 44th, 45th, 46th residents from Mercer County to test positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus). The 44th case is a female in her 30’s, the 45th is a male in his 50’s and the 46th is a female in her 80’s. Of the 46 positive cases that Mercer County has had since testing began, as of this date, ten cases are isolating at home and three cases are hospitalized and being followed by the MCHD. All other cases have completed their isolation period set forth by IDPH and are no longer being actively followed by MCHD.
All active cases and close contacts are being monitored by the Mercer County Health Department Communicable Disease staff. For COVID-19, a close contact is defined as any individual who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to positive specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated. The Mercer County Health Department will reach out to all known close contacts of each positive case.
