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Hospitalizations from the virus, however, continued to drop, reaching their lowest number in months. Meanwhile, on the vaccine front health officials said they don’t expect vaccines to be available for administration to high-risk individuals in the general public until late February or early March, and they are working on developing various distribution plans. Mostly positive news On Tuesday morning, there were only eight patients in Hutchinson Regional Medical Center with confirmed COVID-19, said HRMC vice president Chuck Welch, including one person on a ventilator. That compared to 18 people in the hospital with the virus on Jan. 6, and 41 on Dec. 4, when local COVID-19 hospitalizations peaked. ....
Reno County Commissioner Ron Hirst indicated Tuesday he wants to opt the county out of the state’s mask ordinance and he likely has the support of interim Commissioner Mark Steffen. Steffen, for his part, however, indicated he’d prefer to rescind altogether a county health order that also sets maximum group gathering sizes at 10, though with many exceptions. The current health order expires on Friday. Reno County Health Officer Karen Hammersmith told the commission Tuesday she plans to issue a new order on that date, to remain in place for another month. Emergency Management Director Adam Weishaar also advised the commission he ll bring a proposed emergency declaration extension to the board next week, asking to extend it until Commissioner-elect Daniel Friesen takes his seat on the board in January. ....