COVID-19 Alert issued for Greene County late Monday night by the Greene County Heath Department:

Greene County continues to see COVID-19 spread throughout the community with 63 cases during the week of Monday, August 17th through Sunday, August 23rd. 

We've had cases where individuals have gone to work, to church, and to school sick inadvertently spreading the virus—not realizing that their symptoms were indeed COVID-19 related.  These actions have resulted in community spread and hundreds of people have been identified as close contacts.  If you are sick, please stay at home.

Do you know the symptoms of COVID-19?

• Fever or chills

• Cough

• Congestion or runny nose

• Sore throat

• Muscle or body aches

• Headache

• New loss of taste or smell

• Diarrhea

• Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing

• Nausea or vomiting

• Fatigue

 These symptoms range from mild to severe and may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus.

The health department would like to reiterate the Indiana State Department of Health’s message on “emphasizing how important it is for people to complete their quarantine or isolation and to avoid going to work, to school, to extracurricular activities or to places if they have symptoms and are waiting test results or if they are a close contact of someone else who tested positive.”

COVID-19 graphs of stats for Greene County