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Second Whitman County COVID-19 case confirmed

Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 7 months AGO
by Staff Writer
| March 23, 2020 10:19 AM

UPDATE: Includes age and sex of patient in second case

A second positive case of COVID-19 has been been confirmed in Whitman County according to the Whitman County Health Department.

The two cases were indicated on the department's website at https://www.whitmancountypublichealth.org/covid-19.html.

The patient in the second case is a 70-79-year-old female. The website also indicated at least 33 negative test cases for the virus.

The first case in the county was reported Sunday. That patient, a woman in her 20s, has recovered and is self-isolating at home.

Whitman County Public Health Director Troy Henderson declined to say in what city the woman lives or where she works.

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