The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms a 76-year-old male died Aug. 10 due to complications from COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 25 in Madison County.

The health department received positive test results for 73 more cases of COVID-19. We now have 1,528 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison county.

The newest confirmed cases include 31 inmates total from the Madison County Penal Farm and Madison County Jail Annex. The newest confirmed cases include 44 males, 29 females, and range from ages 4 to 93.

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

Fifteen Madison County residents are currently hospitalized.

Nine hundred ninety-eight Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19, and 64 people say they are feeling better.