Rooks County continues to see new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. The positive testing rate has increased to 45.9% this week. The increase in the positive testing rate is related to an outbreak in a facility. RCH reports they are still having difficulty finding receiving hospitals when patients require transfer to a higher level of care. We continue to monitor numbers closely.
Jack Imel, Woodston, passed away at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas on Monday, January 4, 2021, at the age of 81.
Kansas surpassed 3,000 Kansas deaths due to COVID-19. In honor of the lives lost and the families they left behind, Governor Laura Kelly has directed that flags be lowered to half-staff throughout the state Thursday, January 7, 2021, from sunup to sundown.
Curt F. Pfannenstiel, age 55, of Hays, passed away Monday, January 4, 2021, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas due to COVID-19 complications.
