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Reno County COVID-19 hospitalizations up for the first time in months
The number of Reno County residents hospitalized for COVID-19 doubled over the weekend, reaching its highest level since mid-February.
Four people went to the hospital over the weekend, and the current number of local residents listed as hospitalized stood at six on Monday afternoon.
It was three on Friday. It had been three or fewer since Feb. 25.
While the health department is no longer listing demographic data for infections on its dashboard, Reno County Health Department assistant director Karen Hammersmith said “there’s a lot of young people” among the hospitalized.
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By The News staff
Reno County recorded 24 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the weekend with three additional hospitalizations and one death.
The Reno County Health Department’s COVID-19 dashboard showed 67 active cases in the county on Monday, up from nine just 2 ½ weeks ago.
That’s a 644% increase in active cases in 17 days.
The last time there were more than 60 active cases in the county was March 18, when things were on a downward trend.
While the report showed three new hospitalizations since Friday, just two people remained hospitalized on Monday, and none were in intensive care.
The county’s overall case count is now 8,071 with 144 death and 7,860 people listed as “recovered.”