Feb 26, 2021

Case count at 122, 14-day PTR still in yellow for schools as of Thursday

Posted Feb 26, 2021 11:08 AM

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The overall COVID-19 case count in Reno County is at 122 as of Thursday. The death count among Reno County residents is at 138.

The 14-day positive test rate has slipped back up slightly even as the case count continues to go down. The positive test rate updated Thursday as of February 21 is 9.1%. It was as low as 7.2% on the 14th. At those levels, the school gating criteria will remain in the yellow for the upcoming week, which should allow the districts that have been planning for a March 1 return to do so.

Out of 7,700 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 7,440 recoveries. There are 14 clusters still being monitored. The long-term care facility cluster type is down to just 13 active cases.

Four Reno County residents are in the hospital. According to the dashboard, three hundred sixty-five total have been hospitalized. One hundred three have been admitted to the ICU. These are Reno County resident numbers regardless of where they are hospitalized.

Drive-thru testing is currently available at two Reno County locations at the Kansas Cosmosphere at 1100 N Plum in Hutchinson and at Simply Good Overstocks at 401 N Main in South Hutchinson.

Both sites are open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday. To make an appointment, please visit www.gogettested.com.