By JASON TILLER
Saline County Well being Officer
Saline County saw 100 claimed situations of COVID-19 in May possibly. In June, just underneath 300 conditions have been reported. As of this creating, there have currently been 130 described cases therefore far in July. It is crucial to continue to keep in thoughts that this usually means the amount of precise instances is possibly considerably greater. Although the wide greater part of scenarios are being successfully taken care of at property, Salina Regional is beginning to see a small uptick in hospitalizations. And regrettably, at least a few men and women misplaced their life to COVID past month.
Vaccines are free, safe and sound, efficient, and extensively accessible. Remaining up-to-day on your vaccinations gives a sizeable amount of protection. Individuals who are up-to-day are significantly less probably to be hospitalized or succumb to the virus, if they do contract COVID-19. Unfortunately, no vaccine is 100 per cent certain to prevent COVID.
With that in mind, I urge all residents to keep vigilant. Stay residence if you are unwell- especially when it will come to COVID. Get examined. No cost checks are out there at the Health and fitness Department and Salina Household Health and fitness Care Center. You can also purchase them on the net at COVID.gov/exams.
I will be traveling to with Dave Foor on KINA (910 AM and 107.5 FM) tomorrow (Saturday) early morning to chat a lot more in-depth about what’s been going on with COVID in our county. I will carry on to offer these updates on-air each quarter right until our situation phone calls for a little something else.
COVID is not as seen now, to be confident, but it is not about. Now is not the time for complacency.
According to information from the Saline County Wellness Section, Saline County has moved from a very low to medium COVID-19 neighborhood stage. You can preserve observe of the county’s level here.
