HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County Health Department Director Nick Baldetti took time during Tuesday’s County Commission meeting to address the increase in COVID-19 cases in the state.
“We are beginning to see some activity in aggregate that is increasing our case count in terms of day-over-day,” Baldetti said.
Baldetti says that, while the state report is cause for concern, he is more concerned with focusing on what’s going on locally.
“I’m not discounting the entirety of this map,” Baldetti said when addressing commission questions about the increases. “There are counties where counts are going up significantly and are trending in the wrong direction. I just want to be very careful in clarifying in terms of the activity that the public health department is monitoring for us.”
As of now, there are four active cases of COVID-19 involving Reno County residents.