The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms eight additional COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total to 295 in Madison County. The newest deaths include:

61-year-old male (died 9/27/21)
43-year-old male (died 9/27/2021)
52-year-old female (died 9/26/2021)
72-year-old female (died 9/27/2021)
77-year-old male (died 9/27/2021)
61-year-old female (died 9/27/2021)
76-year-old male (died 09/27/2021)
52-year-old male (died 9/27/2021)

The health department has received positive test results for 121 more cases of COVID-19 since Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. We now have 17,740 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County – 16,524 have recovered.

Our Epidemiology staff is reaching out to these individuals and people who had close contact with these cases.