Pandemic still affecting Mason County

Most of the pandemic restrictions are gone and people have gone back to “normal” life, but COVID-19 is still prominent in the country and Mason County.

Mason General Hospital and Mason Health still deal with the virus daily.

So, what is the state of COVID in Mason County?

“Alive and well,” Mason Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dean Gushee said. “It’s certainly still out there. Case counts have gone up. What’s a little harder now is at one time we were tracking cases, which are test positivity, and that is no longer useful because most testing now is done at home and doesn’t get reported neces...