TWO MORE POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

Whitman County received two more positive test results for COVID-19 today. Both of the new cases are males in their 50s. Like the other positive cases, the men are stable and isolating at home. Public Health Department is investigating close contacts of the three most recent positive patients.

While it was determined the first two cases had been infected outside the county, Public Health Director Troy Henderson this morning said the case of the third, a teenage female, was an incidence of community spread within the county. The infection source of the two new cases was not available as of pres...