Coos County experiences significant spike in COVID-19 cases
Jump linked to cases connected with day care, health officials say Share Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021
Jump linked to cases connected with day care, health officials say Share Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021
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Show Transcript OFFICIALS SAY HAS BEEN TRACED BACK TO A LOCAL DAYCARE. ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY HEALTH SSAY IT BEGAN TO SEE AN IREASNCE IN CASES LATE LAST WEEK WHEN BERLIN’S COVID COUNT JUMPED FMRO ZERO CASES TO EIGHT. IT IS STILL NOT A LGEAR NUMBER, BUT GIVEN THAT OUR POSITIVE CASES HAD TRAILEDFF O SO DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, IT FEELS LIKE A LARGER INCREASE. MIKE: HE SAYS THE MOST RECENT CASES SHARE A COMMON ORIGIN. IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A NUMBER OF THE CASES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL CHILD CARE. WE DON’T HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS IN TTOHE SPECIFICS ON THAT. MIKE: COOS COTYUN HAS THE STATE’S LARGEST SEVEN-DAY SPIKE IN INFECTION RATES WITH