MADERA — Madera County Department of Public Health reported a single new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The latest case involves a man in his 30s who is currently hospitalized. Authorities say they are investigating how the case was transmitted.There have now been 55 total cases in Madera County, with 18 of those cases currently classified as “active.”Thirty-five local COVID-19 ...

MOUNTAIN AREA –Because a logging crew will be working on a hazard tree removal project and will likely be felling trees adjacent to the Lewis Creek National Recreation Trail, the trail will temporarily close near Cedar Valley on Wednesday and Thursday (May 6-7).“In order to provide the maximum amount of safety to visitors to the trail, it is necessary to ...

MADERA — Madera County Department of Public Health reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. The latest cases involve two men in their 50s and a 20-year-old woman. All three contracted the virus via person-to-person transmission and are in home isolation, according to the latest update from the Madera County Department of Public Health.As of Monday, there have been ...

MADERA — Madera County Department of Public Health reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The latest cases involve a 20-year-old man, two 30-year-old men, a woman “under 20” and a 70-year-old woman. The under-20 female contracted the virus through person-to-person transmission and the means of transmission of the four other cases remains under investigation. All five are in ...

MARIPOSA — Mariposa County health officials reported two new cases of COVID-19 Thursday — a man and a woman, both 57 years old, who contracted the virus through person-to-person transmission. The two latest cases are “directly related” to Mariposa County’s first confirmed case of coronavirus reported earlier this week, said a press release issued Thursday by the Mariposa County Sheriff’s ...

MADERA — Madera County Department of Public Health reported one new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday — identified as “a female in her 20s.”Wednesday’s latest case was transmitted “person to person,” according to MCDPH officials. The woman is in home isolation.Madera County now has had 46 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with two proving to be fatal — a man in his ...

MADERA — Madera County Department of Public Health reported one new case of COVID-19 on Tuesday — identified as “a female under 20” years of age.The latest case is “under investigation” in terms of how the victim, now in home isolation, contracted the virus, according to MCDPH officials.Madera County now has had 45 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with two proving to ...

MADERA — Madera County Department of Public Health reported three new cases of COVID-19 Monday — “a male and a female in their 30s and a female under 20.” The latest cases are all “under investigation” in terms of how coronavirus was transmitted. All three of the most recent virus victims are in home isolation. Madera County now has had ...

OAKHURST — A Coarsegold man was killed Monday morning in a “head-on” traffic accident near Highway 41 and Road 420. Alain Gerard, 74, a resident of Coarsegold, died at the scene of the accident, the Madera County Coroners’ Office confirmed. The accident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. and involved two vehicles, a Nissan pickup and a commercial dump truck. Gerard, ...

MADERA — Madera County Department of Public Health reported a new COVID-19 case on Sunday — a man in his 40s. Health officials are still investigating how the latest victim, now in home isolation, contracted the virus. A woman in her 40’s was confirmed with the virus on Saturday and local health officials are trying to determine how she contracted ...