County COVID-19 cases rising again

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Mason County, according to Director of Community Services Dave Windom.

Speaking to the county commissioners during the Monday briefing, Windom said cases are up 217% in the past two weeks.

“We had gotten to a point where we were at zero deaths per 100,000 for 14 days and we had 1.5 hospitalizations per 14 days and those numbers have doubled,” Windom said. “That’s what it looks like on paper. That’s the problem with small numbers. Our deaths are back up again, we had a couple last week so we went back up to three per 100,000. Hospitalizations are up to three pe...