County's active COVID-19 case count drops, but another death, more hospitalizations added
John Green
The active COVID-19 case count for Reno County dropped over the weekend as the number of new cases slowed.
Still, there were new admissions to the hospital, including in the ICU and at least one more COVID-19 related death.
The county’s dashboard showed 49 new cases confirmed over the weekend. However, the number reclassified by officials as recovered grew by 74, so the active case count dropped by 26 to 526.
While the county’s cumulative case count reached 9,560, the state’s dashboard showed Reno County’s case total climbed to 10,311, which is about a dozen more cases than were added at the county level. The state, however, includes “probable” cases in its numbers.
The number of people killed by COVID-19 listed on the county dashboard went up one over the weekend to 155, though the state’s dashboard indicated 156 people in the county have died from the virus. That includes 69 women and 87 men.
The county figures also indicated two more people entered the hospital since Friday, with one person entering the ICU.
Nonetheless, the total number of residents in the hospital with COVID-19 dropped by nine over the weekend, going from 16 on Friday to seven people hospitalized on Monday.
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center also updated its dashboard on Monday, showing 10 of its 62 patients were COVID-19 related.
Of those, nine were listed as unvaccinated individuals and one as vaccinated.
The hospital showed five people were in ICU, including one patient who was vaccinated.
Of the 10 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, seven were receiving some type of respiratory support.
The county slipped on the state’s COVID-19 rankings, falling from 20th to 38th.
The ranking is determined by comparing all counties in three categories: the percentage of population vaccinated, the seven-day average number of active cases and the average number of COVID-19 tests administered the previous week.
The county fell in all three categories, coming in 38th for its vaccination rate, 80th for active cases and 21st for the number of tests administered. It was the county's worst ranking since being listed at 44th on Aug. 30, due primarily to its case rate.