Feb 04, 2021

Case count continues to drop, with deaths up to 124 as of Wednesday

Posted Feb 04, 2021 11:15 AM

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County overall case count is at 359 as of Wednesday afternoon. The death count among Reno County residents is at 124.

The Correctional Facility cluster type has 16 active cases measured by the county's COVID-19 dashboard. The Long Term Care Facility cluster type has 77 active cases. Forty-seven people within those clusters have died. There are 20 active clusters in the county.

Out of 7,535 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, there are 346 cases in the community at large. 7,052 people have recovered thus far.

Six Reno County residents are in the hospital. According to the dashboard, three hundred fifty two total have been hospitalized. One hundred two have been admitted to the ICU. These are Reno County resident numbers regardless of where they are hospitalized.

The community's positive test rate is at 27.62%, with the overall positive test rate at 32.29%. 37.13% of the population has been tested.

There are still 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.