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Sheridan case numbers begin to rise / home tests to be covered by private insurers
Sheridan County confirmed case numbers are beginning to spike once again as the county adds 82 lab confirmed cases since Friday.
The county also added 19 new probable cases over the weekend. Currently there are 138 active cases in the Sheridan County community, according to COVID-19 Public Information Officer Jennifer Graves.
Nine patients are currently hospitalized battling the virus. Sheridan County has experienced the deaths of 63 residents from COVID-19.
The Associated Press reports that beginning Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.
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/.
Thomas Jones
January 11, 2022 at 9:09 am
Good luck finding home tests since Biden’s White House refused an October plan by COVID-19 testing experts to put some 732 million at-home tests in the hands of the public. Was it incompetence or intentional?
mike duncan
January 11, 2022 at 10:16 am
I thought Biden was going to end covide…youremember “shut down covid not the economy.”
Where are the Wyoming liberals hiding on this one?
Dee Miller
January 11, 2022 at 11:46 am
Biden never said he was going to end Covid.. He’s doing all he can do. The Spanish flu pandemic took 1 1/2 years to end. But because of all the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, who knows if it will ever go away. You do realize that Covid is present everywhere in the world? It’s not just a U.S. problem.