Lincoln County COVID-19 Information

Hello all! I will not be sending out updates anymore. Please check out   Lincolnmtcovid.com   for the latest updates. It will be updated every morning for the prior day's data. It is updated with tonight's data, so it will not update in the morning. Please let me know what questions you have. Jenn

Weekend update:   Seven additional cases this weekend   Total cases: 845 Active cases: 151 Recovered: 685 Deaths: 9   Hospitalizations: 29 Current hospitalizations: 2

12/4 update:   Eleven additional cases today.   Total cases: 837 Active cases: 168 Recovered: 660 Deaths: 9   Hospitalizations: 29 Current hospitalizations: 2   Quarantine update :   The CDC has updated their guidelines for quarantine of close contacts of individuals with COVID-19.  The following will be our updated policy.  Keep in mind that the incubation period for COVID is still 2 – 14 days and people can still develop symptoms later in that time period.  We will be asking close contacts to monitor their symptoms for the full 14 days regardless of their quarantine period.  The options for reducing quarantine time for close contacts are as follows:   Quarantine can end after Day 7 (on Day 8) if the close contact has a negative result from a sample collected on Day 5 or later and if no symptoms were experienced during daily monitoring. Quarantine cannot be discontinued earlier than Day 8. Quarantine can end after Day 10 (on Day 11)

12/3 update:   Twenty-two additional cases today.    Total cases: 826 Active cases: 168 Recovered: 649 Deaths: 9   Hospitalizations: 29 Current hospitalizations: 2

12/2 update:   Two additional cases Tuesday and 21 additional cases Wednesday.    Total cases: 804 Active cases: 158 Recovered: 637 Deaths: 9   Hospitalizations: 29 Current hospitalizations: 2