Marion has 25 cases
4 have been hospitalized with 1 discharge
Age range is 22-80 with a median age of 49
0 Deaths to date
Just a reminder that Marion Public Health conducts a contact investigation on each case to identify and notify close contacts of the individual. Close contacts will be notified by public health. Close contacts will be assessed for symptoms and instructed to self-quarantine (separate themselves from others and not go to any public places) for 14 days while monitoring for symptoms. If you are not notified by public health, you are not considered a close contact with increased risk.
Close contacts of an ill person are typically:
·individuals living in the same home,
·intimate partners,
·individuals providing home care for the ill person without using recommended infection control precautions,
·individuals who have had close contact (within 6 feet of the ill person) for a prolonged period of time (definitions for prolonged time vary from 10 minutes or more to 30 minutes when speaking in terms outside of providing medical care)
Marion Public Health will not release additional personal information regarding the ill individual in compliance with HIPAA and Protected Health Information laws. Public health will not release a listing of locations visited by the individual unless the contact investigation warrants such an announcement in order to protect the health of the public.
Please note: This information is updated on our website at www.marionpublichealth.org prior to 2:00pm