WAKEENEY — The Trego County Health Department on Wednesday announced an additional five new positive cases of COVID-19 had been identified in the county.
Kathleen Fabrizius, Trego County Emergency Management director, said Thursday the uptick in cases is related to a recent event. Seventeen new cases have been added to county totals since Monday.
Those cases include three staff members of Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital and four residents of the long-term care unit there.
Additional testing of hospital staff and long-term care residents has begun, Fabrizius said, noting the county is waiting on those results.
Trego County now has 24 total coronavirus cases, with 18 of those active. All cases are in isolation.
