(Another Death attributed to  COVID 19)....A new COVID 19 update was released Tuesday morning.

COVID information is released by the County Public Health Department. According to the latest update, another fatality is being attributed to the virus. There have now been 985 deaths attributed to COVID 19 since the virus was first reported in Imperial County. The new update indicates there are now 19 active cases of COVID 19 in Imperial County. That is up slightly from the 14 cases reported last week. The State Tier Metrics for COVID 19 in Imperial County indicate 1.90 new cases per day per 100,000 population, with a positivity rate of 4.4%.