The number of active cases of COVID-19 continues to decrease, but another COVID-19-related death was reported in Lafayette County.

According to the Lafayette County Health Department, the active case count was down from 108 on Tuesday, August 31, to 100 on Wednesday, September 1.

However, health-department officials also say the death raises the county’s total to 65 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of persons hospitalized due to the virus is down from 18 to 16.

The health department has confirmed a total of 3,309 total cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

As of August 31, the county’s positivity rate was 10.67 percent, down from 14.37 percent on August 25, according to the CDC COVID Data Tracker.