Fourth Clay County resident tests positive for COVID-19, isolation at Area Hospital

CLAY COUNTY, N.C. – The Clay County Health Department received its fourth positive COVID-19 test result for a county resident early this evening. The individual is in isolation at a local hospital. All contacts have been notified, have no symptoms, and have been compliant with the stay-at-home orders since late last month. CCHD will perform in-home testing for the contacts and index case prior to society reintegration. Due to contact tracing, we believe this positive is a result of community spread, because the index case had no contact with a known positive. To protect individual privacy, no further information about this case will be released by the Clay County Health Department.

We have also received back four negative test results today, and have been diligent in continuing education and outreach on preventive measures, disinfection protocols and have kept contact with all current quarantine and isolated cases for our county.

The Clay County Health Department regularly updates our county call-in-line 828-389-8052 ext. 110 with information regarding COVID-19 as well, we encourage the public to call or see our Facebook page for up-to-date information. There is an additional local call line for the community at 828-835-4258 that is staffed from 9am-12 and 1pm-4pm. To receive messaging from the State text COVIDNC to 898211.

For more information about previous cases, click here.