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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sheridan County has had 4,529 lab confirmed cases, adding five over the holiday weekend.
One new probable case has been added to the total of 1,390 probable cases since Friday.
There are now 45 cases of COVID-19 currently active in Sheridan County, according to COVID-19 Public Information Officer Jennifer Graves.
Currently, three Sheridan County residents are hospitalized fighting COIVD-19.
The county has experienced the deaths of 61 residents as a result of the virus.
As people return to the work week, the Associated Press reports that flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday.
Staff members calling out sick because of COVID-19 have left airlines short in recent days. According to airline tracker FlightAware, airlines have canceled more than 4,000 flights to, from or inside the U.S. since Friday, with over 1,000 U.S. cancellations on Monday.
Delta, United, JetBlue and American have all said that COVID was causing staffing problems, and European and Australian airlines also canceled holiday-season flights because staff were out sick.
Other factors such as weather have played a role as well. According to the AP, flight delays and cancellations tied to staffing shortages are nothing new and have been a constant throughout the 2021 year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list Sheridan County’s level of community transmission as HIGH.
More COVID-19 information is available at www.sheridancounty.com/covid-19/.
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Last modified: December 27, 2021