2021…A Different Year

In 2021, there were more deaths than births in Williams County, 40 septic system permits were issued and 15 doses of Narcan were administered by law enforcement…all this…according to the 2021 annual report from the Williams County Health Department. Those statistics and more are included in the recently released report. Officials confirm…300 babies were born in Williams County in 2021 while 345 people died in the county. Williams County Health Commissioner Jim Watkins attributed the anomaly to the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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