HUTCHINSON, Kan. — For those who have been following the numbers closely, the Reno County COVID-19 Dashboard will not be updated for the week of May 16th. Updates will continue on Monday, May 24th.
Reno County schools are in the green for what is the final week of school for some of them. As of the latest update of the data from May 10th, the 14-day positive test rate was 5.2%, with 46 cases in the past 14 days.
There were just 29 active cases as of Thursday, May 13th and just two hospitalizations.
The CDC released guidance last week that those who are fully vaccinated, which means they have gone at least two weeks past their final vaccination, did not have to wear masks in public in areas where they are not otherwise required by either a business policy or are a large congregate setting.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky clarified in media interviews over the weekend that masks are still needed for those who either cannot be or have not yet been vaccinated and that for the unvaccinated, the guidance on masks has not changed. This includes children younger than 12, for whom there has not yet been a vaccine approved.