Over the past seven days there have been 81 positive COVID-19 cases reported in Webster County, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.

The county’s positive COVID-19 caseload has been hovering around 80 a week for about a month.

The Department of Public Health reported that in the most recent seven day period, 6 percent of the COVID-19 tests administered were positive.

The department’s statistics show that 22 percent of the new cases are in people ages 18 to 29.

Since the pandemic began, there have been 7,800 COVID-19 cases in Webster County.

There have been 124 deaths in the county attributed to the disease.

Statistics on the state’s coronavirus web site show that 53.3 percent of the county’s residents who are eligible for a vaccine are fully vaccinated.