WILCOX COUNTY, Ga. — Two people in Wilcox County are dead after testing positive for COVID-19.
According to a Saturday news release from the South Central Health District, both people are residents of Wilcox County.
One person was a 65-year-old woman and the other person was a 77-year-old man. He was a resident of a long-term care facility.
The health district says both individuals were in at-risk groups for complications of COVID-19.
There are currently 172 cases of the deadly virus in the health district's 10-county area:
- Laurens 40
- Wilcox 40
- Johnson 32
- Dodge 20
- Pulaski 15
- Telfair 14
- Bleckley 5
- Wheeler 3
- Montgomery 2
The health district says that the best way to protect yourself from contracting the virus is to adhere to social distancing guidelines from the CDC, wear cloth masks in public, maintaining careful hand hygiene and washing your hands.
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