FROM STAFF REPORTS

Forty-three people in Iredell County who have tested positive for COVID-19 have now passed away.

The Iredell County Health Department reported the latest death this week, as the total number of laboratory confirmed cases in the county reached 3,351.

Among those cases:

♦ 9 people are currently hospitalized;
♦ 343 people are isolating at home; and
♦ 2,956 people are presumed recovered

County officials continue to urge residents to wear face coverings, practice social distancing and wash their hands frequently.

Geographic Dispersal of COVID-19 Cases in Iredell

According to local health officials, 1,314 people in the southern end of the county have tested positive, along with 1,368 in the central region, and 669 in the northern end.