The East Metro Health District confirmed two additional people tested positive for contagious tuberculosis, bringing the total to five people infected by a Newton County man with tuberculosis. The district tested 40 people who had been regularly exposed to Anthony Underwood, 32, of Covington who was arrested May 9 for failing to comply with treatment orders from the district by not keeping himself in isolation at home. This included 11 family members, 14 extended family members and 15 friends and associates, according to district spokesperson Vernon Goins.
More test positive for TB bacterium