Seventeen active COVID-19 cases, community spread likely

The Petersburg Medical Center reported seventeen positive cases of COVID-19 Wednesday while several tests are currently pending.

Contract tracing has been initiated by Public Health and it is believed that community spread is most likely the avenue of transmission for some cases.

The Petersburg School District also reported that several students have recently tested positive for COVID-19 and the district has entered red status. Universal masking was reintroduced and after school practices were canceled on Monday. Contract tracing has commenced and at this point there have been no school or cla...