From the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department –

The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms a 65-year-old male died Aug. 17 due to complications from COVID-19.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 31 in Madison County.

The health department received positive test results for 63 more cases of COVID-19. We now have 1,849 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.

The newest confirmed cases include 21 males, 42 females, and range from ages 1 to 88. The newest cases also include an inmate from the Madison County Criminal Justice Complex.

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

Twenty-two Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. One of those patients is on a ventilator.