Allen County made significant improvement in the Kansas COVID-19 Rankings, and nearly reached the 50% mark in vaccinations as the omicron variant continues to surge.
In spite of those positives, though, another 77 new cases were reported since Monday, according to a list kept by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
The county, which had been consistently ranked about 80th out of 105 Kansas counties, improved to 49th on Wednesday.
The rankings are based on vaccination rates, positive cases and testing rates.
The county scored best on case rates, ranking 35th. Testing rate has conconsistently been a strength, ranking 46th.
Vaccination rates in the county remain weak, though, coming in 72nd among Kansas counties.
KDHE reports 49.69% of Allen County residents have received at least one shot of the COVID vaccine and 44.94% are fully vaccinated.
MEANWHILE, Allen County is nearing 3,000 cases since the pandemic began.
On Wednesday, KDHE reported the county has seen 2,971 total cases.
