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MANITOWOC - Manitowoc County Health Department reported the first death from COVID-19 in the county in more than a month Tuesday.
Before Tuesday, the last death from COVID-19 in Manitowoc County was reported on April 9. The total number of deaths in the county since the start of the pandemic now sits at 70.
The county also reported seven new cases of COVID-19 in the county Tuesday, bringing the total positive cases since the start of the pandemic to 7,556.
According to the Health Department, the seven-day average for new cases sits at 5.4 cases per day. While that number may not seem very high compared to the 70-80 cases per day on average in November 2020, Health Officer Stephanie Lambert said the number is slowly rising again.