While the number of active cases continues to slowly go down, unfortunately, last week, on Oct. 27, Randolph County reached the grim milestone of 100 reported COVID-19 related deaths.
When looking at the statistics of those lost, a total of 45 men and 55 women are reported to have died because of COVID, and , the majority were over the age of 70.
Breaking it down by age group, the totals are: age 40-49: 1 male, 1 female; age 50-59: 4 male, 2 female; age 60-69: 5 male, 5 female; age 70-79: 11 male, 9 female; age 80-89: 17 male, 17 female; age 90-99: 7 male, 20 female; age 100+: 1 female.
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