Petersburg Pilot -

Infection Prevention and Quality Manager Liz Bacom gave a presentation during Thursday's Petersburg Medical Center Hospital Board meeting on the status of the COVID-19 outbreak in the community.

At the time of the board meeting there were 19 cases of COVID-19. That number has climbed to 32 as of Wednesday.

Bacom's report included details on how the virus has spread, age demographics of positive cases, testing information, and contact tracing.

Of the then 19 cases, one was travel related and from the previous week, but new cases are tied to community clusters of people or community spread sa...