FROM STAFF REPORTS

Iredell health officials have reported the county’s 45th death attributed to COVID-19.

The Iredell County Health Department does not release personal information about individuals who test positive for the novel coronavirus, including those who pass away.

On Thursday health officials reported 28 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the number of laboratory confirmed cases in the county to 3,764.

Among those:

♦ 17 people are currently hospitalized;
♦ 436 people are isolating at home; and
♦ 3,266 people are presumed recovered

County officials continue to urge residents to wear face coverings, practice social distancing and wash their hands frequently.