(KNZA)--For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began nearly one year ago, Brown County is reporting no active COVID-19 cases.
The Brown County Health Department made the announcement in a Facebook post Friday.
Brown County reported its first positive COVID-19 case on May 3rd of last year. Since then, the county has seen 1,114 positive cases and 32 virus-related deaths.
The Health Department credited everyone who has continued to practice social distancing, good hand hygiene and wearing a mask for getting the county to zero active cases.
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