EIGHTH HAMPSHIRE RESIDENT POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS

Hampshire County reported, over the weekend, its eighth county resident to test positive for COVID-19, the county’s first new case since April 21st. The health department and emergency management agency declined to release information on the case-whether the person was male or female, their age, nor whether they required hospitalization. They did say that all residents and staff at the Hampshire Center, a Romney nursing home that offers long-term care and short-term rehabilitation had tested negative for the virus.