The Ellis County Health Department on Monday announced 78 positive cases of COVID-19 had been identified in the county — 38 since Friday and an additional 40 from last week.
"Due to the inability of KDHE to provide relevant, up-to-date data, discrepancies in reports exist," the department said in a news release Monday afternoon. "Moving forward, ECHD will present data that is current as of 10 a.m. the date of reporting. This data will not always coincide with KDHE data."
Monday's update represents the largest single report of case increases in the county. On Monday, Aug. 24, the county reported 72 new cases, many of them occurring among the Fort Hays State University student population.
There are currently 179 active cases of COVID-19 in the county, including four active hospitalizations, and 235 recovered cases.
The seven-day average of positive test results is more than 22 percent, the department reported. Of the nearly 4,200 tests conducted on Ellis County residents, 10 percent have returned as positive.
Since reporting began, there have been 415 cases of coronavirus identified in Ellis County, including one death.
Read the entire release from the Ellis County Health Department below:
