COVID kills 23rd county resident

A 23rd Jefferson County resident has died from COVID, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The death was the second COVID death announced in the county in 2022, following a rash of deaths in the county that began in late summer 2021 and continued through the fall and early winter.

On Monday, the Jefferson County Health Department released an updated tally of cases and deaths in the county that reflected the 23rd death. The department previously announced the 22nd COVID death in the county in a Facebook post on Jan. 7.

Fifteen county residents have died from COVID since late August. The time from late August through the holidays and new year—a span of little more than four months—was the deadliest timeframe for the virus in the county so far.