Finney County Health Department gives vaccination update
Garden City Telegram
An update on COVID-19 in the county and its vaccination status was given to the Finney County Commission at its regular meeting Monday.
Colleen Drees, Finney County Health Department director, said as of Monday morning there were 20 active COVID-19 cases in the county and two people are hospitalized at St. Catherine Hospital.
Over the course of the pandemic there have been a total of 5,993 positive cases, 10,668 total negative cases and 49 Finney County residents have died of COVID-19, Drees reported.
The health department is Phase 2 of the vaccination plan and has added three organizations to the population eligible to receive the vaccine: Sunflower Electric, Wheatland Electric and Black Hills Energy employees.