Although Dawson County continues to have one of the highest COVID-19 case counts in the immediate area, it still represents only a fraction of a percent of the local population.
Mayor Josh Stevens reported at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that Dawson County has now had a total of 39 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.
That number jumped by two over the weekend.
Stevens said in a Facebook post on Monday that the newest cases involve a female over the age of 20 and a male over the age of 60.
Twelve of those cases in Dawson County remain active, meaning those individuals are ...