Putnam County Covid Dashboard Update for January 15, 2021 through January 21, 2021
Written by Putnam County
Putnam County officials released an update on Covid-19 in Putnam County yesterday. All data provided is from 01/15/2021 through 01/21/2021, unless otherwise noted.
There are now a total of 6,845 laboratory confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Putnam County, an increase of 544 cases from the week ending 01/14/2021. 414 of the total cases are actively being monitored (but not yet released as 001/14/2021) by the Putnam County Health Department. There are currently 20 cases in Putnam County Hospital, a decrease of 5 from last week.
The Health Department reports that 6431 cases are classified Released or "No Longer Isolated/Quarantined". "Released" cases includes cases that tested positive, were quarantined and monitored as well as possible cases that may have been exposed by close contact with a positive case. No official government agency is actively tracking recovered cases at this time. The county did not release a breakdown by age group.