One man in 40's without pre existing conditions becomes the 10th out of 132 to die who was not over 60 or older, and didn't have pre existing health issues.
More testing produces, obviously, more cases. But when you compare system onset with number of "new" cases on BFHD website, you see numbers dropping the last two weeks.
The number of deaths related to the COVID-19 virus in the Tri-Cities area has climbed to 5 as of Friday, March 27th.
The Benton Franklin Health District reports the following data as of Friday afternoon:
Confirmed cases in Benton County 42, Franklin County 10
Probable Cases BC 12, FC 9
Negative Tests BC 435, FC 145
Deaths (all in Benton County 5...