EOC identifies local spread of virus

The Petersburg Emergency Operations Center is reporting eight active cases of COVID-19 in town as of Wednesday afternoon after positive test results reached as high as 11 on Jan. 16.

At the COVID-19 community update on Jan. 15, Incident Commander Karl Hagerman said despite the recent spike in cases, he didn't see a great risk of the virus spreading.

"The cases we are seeing have either done a good job of isolating or they're clusters within the same household," said Hagerman. "I'm feeling pretty good where we're sitting right now."

Then the following day on Jan. 16, a new case of COVID-19 was...

 

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