The active COVID-19 case count continues to climb in Saline County.

According to the Saline County Health Department’s dashboard, the active case count increased to 158 on Thursday, September 9, up by 13 from the total on Wednesday, September 8.

In all, there have been 3,698 total confirmed positive cases and 475 probable cases, as well as 73 COVID-19-related deaths in the county since the beginning of the pandemic.

There have been 130 positive cases in the last week and 218 in the last two weeks.

By age group, the positive number of cases are: 672 in the Under 20 group; 622 in 20 to 29; 571 in 30 to 39; 489 in 40 to 49; 485 in 50 to 59; 415 in 60 to 69; 264 in 70 to 79; and 180 in 80-plus.