Mills County Public Health officials were notified today (Wednesday) of an additional positive confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mills County. This brings the total number of confirmed positive cases to six in the county. The new case is an adult, in the age range of 41-60 years, and the virus was contracted through community spread.

Mills County Public Health is currently conducting contact investigations to identify and follow-up with any people who had close contact with the ill individual. Close contacts are educated about self-monitoring their health status by our health department nurses. They are required to do daily symptom and temperature checks; as well as quarantine themselves for 14 days as a precaution.

In Mills County, to date, there have been 6 confirmed cases. Three of the cases have recovered. A total of 122 individuals have been tested.