COVID caseloads are ticking up gradually in Lyon County.
On Wednesday, Lyon County Public Health reported 60 new cases, up from 52 announced July 27 and 47 announced both July 20 and July 13. However, Public Health believes caseloads have been underreported for about a month, based on incoming calls and also tracking done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health partners.
Deaths remained stable at 125.
Lyon County is now at 10,904 cases since the pandemic started in March 2020. Osage County has the second-most cases areawide and is now over 4,200. Coffey County is third with over 2,500 cases. Chase County finally passed 700 cases last week and is now at 720 total cases.
