While Reno County currently has just two confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, Health Department director Nick Baldetti extrapolated from national and state data that conservatively there could be close to 40 cases currently “walking around out there” in the county.
Baldetti said he’s awaiting results from more than 50 tests that have been submitted to the state from Reno County.
Based on the statewide average that 4% of submitted samples come back positive, that would double the county’s known cases, to 4.
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)
