Pulaski County’s Latest Weekly Covid-19 Figures Reach 651

Pulaski County has set a new record for numbers of new positive Covid-19 cases over a one-week period. According to information released today by the County Health Department, there were 651 new positive Covid-19 tests for the one week period of Monday, December 7th, and Monday, December 14th. So far this year, there have been 4,695 people who have tested positive for the virus. During the one-week time period, there were 2 new Covid-19 rekated deaths for an aggregate total of 34. The county’s PCR 7-day positivity rate continues its slow decline. It’s now 26 percent. Pulaski County remains a Category 1 county with an extreme risk for contracting the coronavirus.
The Pulaski County Health Department reminds residents the Category 1 Recommended Action Plan calls for business occupancy limits reflective of social distancing, social group size of ten people or less, and wearing facial masks in all offices and businesses where social distancing is not possible.
Health Department officials tell us that hospitals are either close to or at capacity at this time caring for COVID and other patients. The priority of the nursing staff is and should be to care for those patients. Because they are overrun, the health department will hold off on requesting weekly numbers of hospitalized patients for the county until things calm down for them a bit. Although staffers can’t get an accurate count this week, hospitalization rates are high and rising.