
Lawrence County EMA
Emergency Management Agency
715 Lane Street, Suite 300 Coal Grove, OH 45638
DeAnna Holliday, President
Lawrence County Commissioners
Georgia Dillon,
Lawrence County Health Commissioner
Michael L. Boster
EMA Director
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LAWRENCE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
For Immediate Release
Date: July 12, 2020
Time: 16:30 hours
Subject: New Positive COVID19 cases in Lawrence County, OH
New Cases: July 12, 2020 – 3 new cases were reported today
Today our total count reached 100 since the beginning of the pandemic. Contact with confirmed cases is the reason for the most recent increase.
New Cases: 3 new cases were reported today. A total of 3,684 tests have been done. This number will be updated on Monday to reflect negative tests from Thursday and Friday. We have completed the monitoring of 286 contacts of confirmed cases. This number doesn’t include the contacts we monitored prior to the system being put in place. The number of contacts we are currently monitoring is listed below.
Positive case individuals are compliant with home and hospital isolation protocol as per public health recommendations.
The Lawrence County Health Department continues to work on case contacts and monitoring of contacts for symptoms. Should a contact of a positive case become symptomatic COVID19 testing will be initiated.