Warren County Coronavirus Cases Nears 2,000

According to the Warren County Health District, there have been a total of 1,981 positive COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic as of 8:12 a.m. on Aug. 19.  176 of those cases are listed as probable cases.  The Warren County Health District reports that 136 of the 1,981 cases have been reported in the last 14 days.  There has been 40 people in Warren County who have died from COVID-19 and there has been only one COVID-19-related death reported in the last 14 days.  

In Warren County, men have been more like to get the Coronavirus and to die from it.  According to the Warren County Health District, 50.98 percent of Warren County's total cases were men, while 57.50 percent of the people who died from COVID-19 in Warren County were men.  People who were 80 years old or older were most likely to die from COVID-19, accounting for 67.5 percent of all COVID-19-related deaths in Warren County.  

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