Blaine County Health Department investigating COVID outbreak

A COVID-19 outbreak in Blaine County is under investigation, Blaine County Health Department said in a release.

The release said public health mitigation steps are in place and public health is responding to the outbreak.

The department reported being notified of eight new cases April 19, 14 new cases April 20, 20 new cases April 21-24 and 16 new cases from April 25 to Monday.

Kim Berg, chief health officer at Hill County Health Department, said this morning that her department had right around 25 positives reported in April.

“We saw a small increase in the rate of hospitalization w...