UPDATE: 29 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported as Dubois County Nears 1,000 Total Cases

BY: DAVID SHEPHERD, NEWS DIRECTOR

JASPER -- The Dubois County Health Department reports 29 new positive cases of novel coronavirus in the county as of Monday morning. 

Breakdown of weekend numbers:

Saturday 9/26 -9

Sunday 9/27 – 11

Monday 9/28 – 9

That brings the total to 998 positive cases of COVID-19 in Dubois County residents since the pandemic began.

Of those cases, 19 have died; 861 others have recovered.  When you do the math, it comes out to 118 active cases in the county.