The Saline County Health Department reported a record number of positive COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, January 19.

Per the COVID-19 Dashboard, on Wednesday, Saline County reported 94 positive cases, raising the county’s total to 5,496 since the beginning of the pandemic. The health department says there were 320 positive cases over the last seven days and 548 in the last two weeks.

Due to 5,233 previously positive cases recovered and 84 deaths, there are 179 active cases.

For more information on COVID-19 and/or vaccinations, contact the health department at (660) 886-3434.