FROM STAFF REPORTS

A total of 301 deaths in Iredell County have now been attributed to COVID-19.

The Iredell County Health Department reported has reported nine deaths in the past seven days. Eighty new laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday afternoon. Since the onset of the pandemic there have been 27,396 confirmed cases in the county.

Iredell health officials do not release personal information about COVID-19 patients, including those who die.

According to the latest report, there are 73 patients with COVID-19 in Iredell hospitals, including 61 county residents and 12 patients who live elsewhere.