Seven new Newton County COVID-19 cases, number under isolation continues to decline

Newton County Health Department noted seven new COVID-19 cases in a posting on its Facebook page Friday evening.

The county has had 840 coronavirus cases. The number of people who are hospitalized was up from five to six, but the number under isolation, which stood at 387 only two days earlier, is sharply down, falling to 287 Thursday then to 244 Friday.

 

The county has had six COVID-19 deaths.

The statistics do not include the portion of Newton County that is located in the Joplin city limits.