HUTCHINSON, Kan. — As of Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m., Reno County now has registered twenty-six positive cases of COVID-19.
The newest positive case is a female under eighteen with a known source of exposure from a prior positive case in Reno County. She is in home isolation per guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The positive case from earlier Sunday is a female in her twenties with an unknown source of exposure. She is in home isolation per guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
We cannot currently release any further information as case contact investigation is underway.
Seven previously confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Reno County have since completed recovery and are nonsymptomatic per disease investigation guidelines furnished by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
The Reno County Health Department also has a self-reporting form hosted on its COVID-19 Information Center (https://www.renogov.org/741/COVID-19). The Health Department seeks to mobilize residents to selfreport their symptomology through the self-report form to better assist in quantifying and tracking case contact and spread within the county.
This form is designed to both capture responses from those who have already been experiencing symptoms prior to today as well as those residents who begin to showcase symptoms in the coming weeks and months.
Remember, the State of Kansas is under a Statewide Stay Home Order. This means all citizens are directed to stay in their homes unless performing an essential activity as described in Executive Order No. 20-16 signed by the Governor of Kansas.
We continue to highly encourage Reno County residents to be dependent on health authorities to provide the most accurate information on COVID-19.
Please practice good hygiene with frequent hand washing, proper respiratory etiquette such as coughing and sneezing into your elbow bend, limit handshakes and physical contact. Stay home if you are feeling ill and call your primary care physician to discuss your symptoms.