Newton County COVID-19 total at 412 with 29 added since Friday

Newton County confirmed 29 COVID-19 cases in the past 48 hours, according to statistics posted this evening on the Newton County Health Department Facebook page.

The county has 419 cases with 326 under isolation.

A total of 175 people are under quarantine.

No details were provided about where the cases are occurring or whether they are community-based or travel-related.

When the department last released any information other than these basic statistics, it indicated a majority of the newer cases were in Neosho.