Like so many people this year, the Bennington State Bank bears spent 14 days in quarantine before they were adopted by patients at Salina Regional Health Center for Christmas.
The bank has been delivering the bears to patients for six years. For four years before that, they provided Christmas stockings.
The bears arrived at the hospital early this month and apparently none of them broke quarantine to find a quiet cave to ride out the pandemic.
“All 100 bears made it safely through quarantine in a special room here at SRHC,” said John Berggren, public relations coordinator.
Because of the pandemic and the high number of patients at the hospital, restrictions on visitors continue and are subject to change. But basically, inpatients are allowed only one visitor. And, no visitors are allowed for patients in isolation or with a COVID-19 diagnosis. All visitors are screened and must wear a mask. There are compassionate care exceptions.
County health officer Jason Tiller updated the Saline County Board of Commissioners on the status of COVID-19 in the county, including some information about the county receiving vaccines for the novel coronavirus.
As part of the county s resolution on the topic, the commission revisits the mask mandate every two weeks and receives an update from Tiller.
Tiller said that in the 24 hours after his update to the commission two weeks ago the health department was notified of eight additional deaths related to the disease. Thankfully though, the number of deaths has tapered of since then, Tiller said. I will be happy when we can be able to report again that we ve had no new deaths in the reporting periods.
Saline County adds 116 new COVID-19 cases
The Salina Journal
Saline County reported 116 new positive cases of COVID-19 in addition to one more death from the disease.
With the new numbers released Monday, there have been a total of 3,749 cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 1,494 cases being actively monitored by the Saline County Health Department, 2,208 recovered and now 47 deaths from the disease.
The county said Salina Regional Health Center reported 42 current hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
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Hiding Our Gifts: Whether you have one child or 10 grandchildren, or just someone close you buy a gift for, hiding gifts can come into play. And then remembering what you stored where and finding it, maybe looking for help from Santa on Christmas Eve, but it’s all part of the fun. And, we all have personal talents and gifts. Sometimes, we hide our gifts from others for various reasons, but we are given those special talents to share. It can take courage and moments of personal vulnerability to unwrap yourself to share with the world. Go for it!
Saline Co. adds 112 new COVID-19 cases
The Salina Journal
Saline County reported 112 new cases of COVID-19 Friday.
Friday’s report said the total number of positive cases in the county is now 3,633, with 1,379 being actively monitored by the Saline County Health Department, 2,208 that have recovered and 46 deaths related to the disease.
Additionally, the county said Salina Regional Health Center reported 46 hospitalized COVID-19 patients.