The Muskingum County Joint Unified Command is reporting an eleventh COVID-19 death of a local resident.

The notice comes as the county continues to observe an increase in cases in long-term care facilities and recently surpassed 1,000 total COVID-19 cases.

The Unified Command is also continuing to report that they are tracking an uptick in cases related to local businesses, factories, schools and athletes as well as cases at large weddings and parties.

The eleventh COVID-19 death was of a 101-year-old whose gender and identity are being withheld due to HIPAA regulations.

According to the Command Center, that individual died due to “COVID-19 pneumonia.”

As reported by Y-City News yesterday, the tenth COVID-19 death was recorded on Tuesday, November 3 of a 76-year-old resident.

The Unified Command is reporting an additional 13 cases for Wednesday, November 4, with a majority of infected individuals not being connected to any previous cases.

This comes as the Command Center reported an additional 76 cases over the weekend and 36 cases Tuesday.

Due to the increased warnings, county residents are recommended to decrease in-person interactions with others, consider only necessary travel and limit attending gatherings of any number.

Muskingum County remains at a Level 3 Red Public Health Emergency as categorized by the Ohio Department of Health.

However, according to Dr. Jack Butterfield, Safety Officer for the Unified Command, Muskingum County is currently only triggering two of the seven indicators which affect the county’s COVID-19 alert level status.

Butterfield urges the public to continue to be diligent about their health and to limit their interactions with others as much as possible while also maintaining to wear a mask and practice social distancing.

To date, there have been 1,157 confirmed cases, 24 probable cases, 1,181 total cases, 175 active cases, 10 current hospitalizations, 111 total hospitalizations and 11 deaths.