COVID-19 positivity rates within Finney County have increased and decreased in the past month.
Colleen Dress, Finney County Health Department director, updated the Finney County Commission on the state of COVID-19 within the county at Monday s regular commission meeting.
In the county, from Nov. 22-28 a total of 223 cases for a positivity rate of 48%. The positivity rate increased to 65%, with a total of 297 cases, for the week of Nov. 29-Dec. 5, but decreased to 41%, with 175 positive cases, the week of Dec. 6-12.
The decrease from 65% to 41% is significant, Drees said. There was also a significant decrease in testing in the last several weeks as well.