The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms a 68-year-old male died Jan. 12 due to complications from COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 156 in Madison County.
The health department received positive test results for 53 more cases of COVID-19. We now have 9,837 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County – 7,410 have recovered.
The newest confirmed cases range from ages 2 to 83.
Our Epidemiology staff is reaching out to these individuals and people who had close contact with these cases.
Twenty-seven Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. Three of those patients are on a ventilator.
