FROM STAFF REPORTS

A total of 550 deaths in Iredell County have now been attributed to COVID-19.

The Iredell County Health Department reported the latest death last week. Local health officials do not release personal information about COVID-19 patients, including those who pass away.

Since the onset of the pandemic in March of 2020, there have been a total of 61,657 laboratory confirmed cases, including 185 cases reported last week.

Health officials reported that 11 individuals who have tested positive were  hospitalized across the county last week, including 10 Iredell residents.