Latest COVID exposure sites reported

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — The Iron County Health Department has reported two new possible COVID-19 exposure sites.

The health department confirmed there were positive cases identified at a sand volleyball tournament in Mercer from 6 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 11 and at the Liberty Way Tap House in Mercer on Aug. 8 from 4 to 6 p.m.

“This is not intended to lay blame on any local businesses, anyone who tested positive … or other locations identified,” a department spokesperson said in the announcement Friday, adding that people may have been asymptomatic and not known they w...