Putnam’s Covid-19 active case number dropped to 736 on Monday after hitting 902 on Sunday, January 23, 2022. The 902 active cases were the highest since December 9, 2020, when 969 active cases were reported by the DHHR.

The Omnicron variant is every bit as infectious as promised. Total confirmed and probable cases since the onset of the pandemic in Putnam was 14,124 on Tuesday of this week. Of that total, 22.3% or 3,152 were…