A variant strain case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Lewis County.
Lewis County Public Health Director Anita Bertram says that a COVID-19 positive test sample from a local resident earlier this month contains the B.1.1.7 strain.
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Health department workers gear up to conduct COVID-19 testing.
Lewis County Health Director Anita Bertram is asking for cooperation and assistance as health department and other health care workers struggle to keep up with the recent escalation in COVID-19 cases. Continue reading
Lewis County Health Director Anita Bertram said Friday she continues to see a spike in positive Lewis County cases and has confirmed the county’s third death outside of a long-term care facility.
Bertram’s comments came the same day Gov. Andy Continue reading
Health department workers received confirmation of 25 new cases of COVID-19 in Lewis County. The county is classified as a red zone county.
Lewis County Health Director Anita Bertram said she is currently seeing a spike in positive Lewis County Continue reading
Lewis County Health Director Anita Bertram said the county’s second COVID-19 related death outside of a long-term care facility occurred Thursday.
Bertram said the 69-year-old male died at Meadowview Regional Medical Center.
She said she is currently seeing a spike Continue reading
Lewis County Health Director Anita Bertram said Lewis County is now at 314 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 50 of those currently active.
Bertram continues to urge area residents to practice social distancing, wear masks in public, and wash Continue reading
Health department workers conduct drive-up COVID-19 testing three days each week. Call the health department to make an appointment.
Lewis County Health Director Anita Bertram said the county’s first death outside of a long-term care facility occurred Saturday.
Bertram said Continue reading
Lewis County Health Director Anita Bertram says the Kentucky Department of Public Health has released guidelines to help curb the spread of COVID-19 as people are planning Halloween celebrations.
While no official decision on Halloween activities has been made locally, Continue reading
Lewis County Health Director Anita Bertram said Lewis County is now at 228 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 with just five of those currently active.
The outbreak at Vanceburg Rehabilitation and Care amounts to 113 of the reported cases.
Bertram Continue reading