Allen County Health Commissioner Kathy Luhn has announced that she plans to retire in September of this year. Luhn has been with the health department since 1988 and has been Health Commissioner for the last nine years.

According to Allen County Public Health, the increasing spread of COVID-19 in the county can be attributed to community spread. Large gatherings, traveling to and from high-risk areas, and not isolating if tested positive for coronavirus, are all factors that led Allen County to become red. The Allen County Health Commissioner is asking the community to go back to what they have been asked since the beginning of the pandemic. Wear a mask, maintain distance from others, and wash your hands.