WAKEENEY — The Trego County Health Department on Friday said two additional cases of COVID-19 had been identified in the county since Wednesday.
Currently, Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital has seven staff members who have tested positive, as well as four residents of the long-term care facility there. Four of the staff members live outside of Trego County, and they are counted in the results of their county of residence.
Kathleen Fabrizius, Trego County Emergency Management director, said Thursday the uptick in cases is related to a recent event. Nineteen new cases have been added to county totals since Monday, 17 of those active as of Friday.
The health department said test results for a round of testing at the hospital and long-term care facility are still pending. Neither the hospital nor the long-term care facility are currently allowing no visitors, and there is a mask mandate in effect for both.
All active cases are in isolation.
Since reporting began, there have been 26 total cases of coronavirus reported in Trego County.
