•July 8, 2020•
The Moultrie County Health Department (MCHD) has confirmed the 19th case of the novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) in Moultrie County. The patient is a male in his 40s and is recovering at home in isolation. Public health officials have notified all close contacts.
To date, 1240 Moultrie County residents have been tested for COVID-19. Of those tests, 19 have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 and 16 have been released from isolation.
COVID-19 is spread by respiratory droplets when an infected person exhales, talks, sneezes, coughs, raises their voice or sings.
To combat this, the CDC recommends wearing a cloth face covering over the nose and mouth to help prevent respiratory droplets from traveling into the air and onto other people. This is called source control. Source control is most effective if everyone wears a mask when they are in the presence of others with whom they do not share a household.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.