Here's Monday's COVID-19 report from Saline County:
The Saline County Health Department has been notified of two additional positive case of COVID-19:
• A female in her 60’s associated with a known close contact who is isolated at home.
• A male in his 70’s with unknown close contacts at this time, who is isolated at home.
At 11 am, KDHE reported the following in their daily release:
• A total of 1,986 positive cases and 100 deaths. This is an increase of 137 cases and 8 deaths from yesterday.
• There have been 405 of 1,627 cases that have been hospitalized (24.9%).
• 16,775 negative tests have been received through the KDHE and private labs.
• Age range is 0 years to 99 years (median 51 years of age).
Governor Kelly’s Statewide Stay-at-Home order is still in effect. Social distancing is imperative. It cannot be stressed enough the importance of staying home and only going out for essential tasks.
Saline County continues to receive reports of alleged non-compliance with the Statewide Stay-at-Home order. Alleged violations can be reported through our online submission form at www.saline.org. If you have a question about a business being essential or not, please visit the Governor’s website at https://governor.kansas.gov/keff to see the order, list of essential functions, and frequently asked questions.
Help our community in stopping the spread of this virus. Only follow official sources to obtain information: www.saline.org/coronavirus or www.kdheks.gov Stay Safe, Stay Healthy and Stay at Home.