FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Iredell County Health Department reported three more deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Friday.

A total of 196 people who have tested positive in Iredell since the onset of the pandemic have died. Local health officials do not release personal information about COVID-19 patients, including those who pass away.

After reporting 106 new laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county on Thursday, health officials reported 62 additional cases on Friday.

Since the onset of the pandemic there have been a total of 15,945 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Iredell.

Currently, 22 people who have tested positive are hospitalized throughout the county.