The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms seven additional COVID-19 deaths.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 262 in Madison County. The newest deaths include:

74-year-old male (died 8/17/21)
55-year-old female (died 8/22/21)
50-year-old female (died 8/23/21)
76-year-old female (died 8/25/21)
49-year-old female (died 8/29/21)
54-year-old male (died 8/29/21)
88-year-old male (died 8/31/21)

The health department has received positive test results for 345 more cases of COVID-19 since Aug. 31, 2021. We now have 15,553 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County – 13,073 have recovered.

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