Richland County sees an increase in young people contracting COVID-19

Richland County sees an increase in young people contracting COVID-19

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A wabash valley community is seeing an increase in positive covid-19 cases.

And they're coming from a younger generation.

News 10 bureau chief gary brian tells us what folks are doing in richland county to stop the spread.

Gar} "since the beginning of the pandemic richland county has only had four positive cases of the virus.

In the last week that number has doubled.

Those new cases all come from richland county residents under the age of twenty."

In just one week four new cases of covid-19 have been accounted for in richland county.

All of those cases are under the age of 20.

Two are children.

"you have a significant increase in the amount of contacts, the number of exposures.

We also had fourth of july weekend where people are ready to get out and be amongst their friends.

Things have opened up here and we expected this."

Health officials say those four cases are recovering well.

All of them will be spending 14 days in quarantine.

"we are seeing a trend really nationwide and of course statewide we are seeing that as well where that particular age group is seeing an increase."

The increase sparked a number of resturaunts to close in-person dining.

Musgrove aquatic center closed down due to one case being traced back to the facility.

Public health nurse micah drummond says that contact tracing is vital to slow the spread.

"even though we've heard it over and over again we want to make sure that we're maintaining that social distance.

We want to continue wearing masks, face coverings to protect ourselves and others.

And we want to wash hands, frequent hygene."

Gar} "in richland county over 2100 tests have come back negative for covid-19.

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