HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The active case count in Reno County is back up to 191 cases, with many of those connected to cluster activity. The case count is up 34 cases in just three days. It was at 157 on the 24th.
According to the latest numbers Sunday, Hutchinson Correctional Facility is back up to 86 active cases, with 10 active cases connected to a religious gathering, one remaining case from Hutchinson Community College and nine active cases connected to K-12 education in the county.
1,057 positive test results have come since the beginning of the pandemic, with 863 recovered. Three have died.
The positive test rate in the county is still an area of concern, with the overall positive test rate at 11.99%. When you take out the prison cases, the community positive test rate is at 7.91%.
8,816 people have been tested with 7,759 negatives. This is in spite of four weeks of community testing of asymptomatic individuals in an effort to get what was hoped to be a more accurate number regarding community spread. 14.03% of the population has been tested.