Lower Providence Township Police Officer Announced As 9th Presumptive Positive Coronavirus Case In Montgomery County

Stephanie Stahl reports.

NUMBERS TO COME IN SO WE WILLHAVE THOSE FOR YOU LATER INTHE SHOW.NOW, THERE ARE SOME NEWCASES OF COVID-19, DETAILSCOMING IN THIS AFTERNOON FROMBUCKS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTYOFFICIALS.HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIESTAHL HERE JUST TRYING TO TAKETHIS ALL IN AGAIN.FLURRY OF INFORMATION COMINGIN.RIGHT.WE HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE A LOTIS HAPPENING LATE THISAFTERNOON, SO QUICKLYGATHERING THE INFORMATION WECAN AS IT IS HAPPENING, THENINTH PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVECASE OF COVID-19 IS BEINGINVESTIGATED IN MONTGOMERYCOUNTY, IT IS WE ARE TOLDPOLICE OFFICER.THAT WILL WAS JUST ANNOUNCEDAT THE DAILY PRESS BRIEFINGMOVED BACK TO 3:30, NOW JUSTFINISH G UP.THIS INDIVIDUAL IS AN ADULTMALE, 35 YEARS OLD, WHORESIDES IN PERKIOMAN TOWNSHIP.HIS SYMPTOMS DO NOT REQUIREHOSPITALIZATION AND HE ISCURRENTLY AT HOME BEINGMONITORED.THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD DIRECTCONTACT WITH A PREVIOUSLYANNOUNCED PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVEINDIVIDUAL.THIS INDIVIDUAL IS A POLICEOFFICER IN THE LOWERPROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT,CONTRACT TACT TRACE SOMETHINGUNDERWAY.ALSO IN BUCKS COUNTY, ITSFIRST TWO CASES OF COVID-19,BOTH ARE ADULTS FROM THE SAMEHOME, NOW IN ISOLATION WITHMILD SYMPTOMS.OFFICIALS SAY THEY WEREINFECTED AT AN OUT OF STATEGATHERING.THE IMPORTANTLY, THATCONTINUES THE IDEA THAT THEREWAS NO COMMUNITY SPREAD HEREIN BUCKS COUNTY THAT WE KNOWOF CURRENTLY.HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVECONTACTED ALL PEOPLE TO TWOINDIVIDUALS HAD CONTACT WITHAND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEENASKED TO SELF-QUARANTINE.AND NOW BACK TO THAT NEWINFORMATION COMING FROMMONTGOMERY COUNTY, THIS NEWCASE IS LOWER PROVIDENCETOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICER, 35YEARS OLD, WHO IS ISOLATING ATHOME.SELF-ISOLATING.WHAT'S UN CLEAR WHEN OR IF HEWAS WORKING OR INTERACTINGWITH THE PUBLIC.WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT MOREFOR YOU.BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS SAYTHEY'RE GETTING IN TOUCH WITHPEOPLE WHO ARE INTERACTINGWITH THOSE WHO ARE INFECTED.THIS CONTRACT TRACING, WEKEEP HEARING BECOMES SO THEYARE KIND OF BACKTRACKING WITHEVERYBODY.ALSO, DOCTOR, AT THIS PRESSER,JUST ADVISING THE CANCELLATIONOF PUBLIC EVENTS, THAT COMINGFROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY.WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEWINFORMATION FOR YOU ON THISDELAWARE COUNTY CASE.THIS INDIVIDUAL IS ANASSOCIATED WITH UNIVERSITY OFDELAWARE COMMUNITY.HE IS NOT SEVERELY ILL.HE IS SELF-ISOLATING.HE WAS EX POSITION TODAYANOTHER CONFIRMED CASE OFCOVID-19 OUT OF STATE.SO DELAWARE COUNTY OR STATEOF DELAWARE?THIS IS THE STATE OFDELAWARE DIVISION OF PUBLIC.SO THAT WOULD BE THEIR FIRSTCASE.OKAY, DELAWARE, NOTDELAWARE COUNTY, THE STATE OFDELAWARE, AN INDIVIDUALASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITYOF DELAWARE.AS WE SAY, THERE IS A LOT OFLATE INFORMATION COMING IN.WE ARE ASSEMBLING ALL OF THIS