{"id":133941,"date":"2020-08-11T15:43:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=133941"},"modified":"2020-08-11T15:43:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:43:50","slug":"county-reports-2nd-covid-19-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/08\/11\/county-reports-2nd-covid-19-death\/","title":{"rendered":"VW County reports 2nd Covid-19 death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Tuesday, the Van Wert County General Health District reports the death of the second Van Wert County resident who tested positive for COVID-19. The Van Wert County General Health District staff expresses its deepest sympathies for the family and friends of the patient. The patient was in the age range of 70-79.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Covid-19-Update-August-11-2020.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Covid-19-Update-August-11-2020.png 350w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Covid-19-Update-August-11-2020-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Local residents should remember that the date of the release may or may not coincide with the date of the confirmed person\u2019s passing. When the death of a person who has tested positive for Covid-19 occurs, the health department waits for the death certificate to be released by the physician in order to verify that Covid- 19 is listed as a cause of death.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with reporting of confirmed cases, the health department works to ensure that we are releasing accurate information to our community, and this may cause a delay in when reporting occurs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Tuesday, the Van Wert County Health Department reports one new confirmed case of Covid-19 of a person in the age range of 50-59. The total number of cases to date is 67 cases, with four of the confirmed cases still active. Another 61 cases have recovered, one person is currently hospitalized, and a total of two deaths reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Covid-19, contact the Van Wert County General Health District at 419.238.0808. For information on Covid-19, including ways to prepare and help protect the health of a person and others, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronavirus.ohio.gov\/\">www.coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a>&nbsp;or call 833.427.5634. Information and resources are also available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronavirus.gov\/\">www.coronavirus.gov<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information As of Tuesday, the Van Wert County General Health District reports the death of the second Van Wert County resident who tested positive for COVID-19. The Van Wert County General Health District staff expresses its deepest sympathies for the family and friends of the patient. The patient was in the age range [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 15:52:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}