Dear Friends, Jefferson County reported its first COVID case on April 1.
By October 3 we had recorded 144 cases, for an average of 3/4 new cases per day. In the six days since October 3, Jefferson County recorded 21 new cases, for a sharp rise to 3 1/2 new cases per day. This sharp surge is 4.7 times as much as the previous 6 months. Please do your best to care for yourselves, your friends, and your loved ones, and behave safely. Dick