Dec 28, 2020

COVID count continues to slide downward

Posted Dec 28, 2020 12:35 PM

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County overall case count is at 574 as of Sunday evening. The death toll among Reno County residents is at 91. Forty-four people have died in the last 30 days.

Out of 6,415 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, there are 568 cases in the community at large — 5,750 people have recovered thus far.

Twenty-seven Reno County residents are in the hospital. Two hundred ninety-one total have been hospitalized. Eighty-nine have been admitted to the ICU and 30 have been intubated. These are Reno County resident numbers regardless of where they are hospitalized.

There are now two free public testing sites, one in the Cosmosphere parking lot in Hutchinson and one at Simply Good Overstocks parking lot in South Hutchinson. They are open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except for New Year's Day.