Kansas: Covid-19 cases - 46,002 cases; 481 deaths

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Kansas Governor issues stay at home order

Governor's Press Conference
March 28, 2020
11 am

broadcast live on Facebook by KSNT

cases could reach 900 in next week
cases everywhere -- not just KC area

adding Kansas to list of 22 other state - temporary stay at home order

take affect 12:01 Monday March 30 - Sunday April 19, 2020


Broadcast live by KSNT and WIBW on Facebook

Both TV stations will post stories and videos later today

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Rooks County issues 30-day stay-at-home order

On Friday, Rooks County joined the list of counties in Kansas that has issued a stay at home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The order goes into effect at 1 p.m. Saturday, will last 30 days and restricts residents to essential activities.

Hays Post (Hays, KS) - https://bit.ly/2vVHx1H

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Stevens County, Kan. Announces First COVID-19 Case

Another western Kansas county is reporting its first case of COVID-19. The Stevens County Health Department reported its first case today, involving a man who traveled to an area outside of Stevens County with a high incidence of COVID-19 transmission.

High Plains Public Radio - https://bit.ly/3as174H

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18 identified cases of COVID-19 reported in Douglas County, including more local transmission

Local health officials announced Friday that 18 Douglas County residents have now tested positive for COVID-19, including another who likely contracted the disease locally.

Of the 18 cases in the county, 14 involved people who traveled out of state or country and two involved people who likely contracted the disease locally, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said in a news release. The cause of transmission in two other cases had not been determined as of Friday afternoon.

The 18 cases identified in Douglas County have involved one person in their late teens, six people in their 20s, four people in their 30s, three people in their 40s, two people in their 50s, one person in their 60s and one person in their 70s, the health department said Friday afternoon.

Lawrence Journal World (Lawrence, KS) - https://bit.ly/2QRHV8C

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Franklin County announces four more coronavirus cases

The Franklin County Public Health Department identified four more positive cases of COVID-19, the department announced Friday evening, bringing the county’s total to six.

“The Health Department is diligently working to investigate each case,” department officials said. “Anyone that is thought to have come in close contact with a postitive case is contacted by the Health Department and provided with instructions to follow to prevent further spead of the virus.”

Ottawa Herald (Ottawa, KS) - https://bit.ly/33ShYef

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KS total 5 deaths
A second person has died inJohnson County, Kansas, due to COVID-19. According to the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment, the woman was in her 90s; she was hospitalized and had underlying health conditions...Kansas Department of Health and Environment now reports 261 positive COVID-19 cases in the state.
https://www.kshb.com/news/coronaviru...dates-march-28

https://khap2.kdhe.state.ks.us/NewsR...ch_28_2020.pdf

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Second coronavirus death reported in Johnson County, fifth in Kansas

A second person died in Johnson County died from the new coronavirus, county health officials announced Saturday.

Details about the death, which is the fifth in the state, were not immediately available.

Kansas City Star - https://bit.ly/2WRmSXK

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KDHE Update - https://bit.ly/33UuQRq
March 28, 2020

Total positive - 261
Private labs - 183
Kansas Health and Environmental Lab - 78
Deaths - 5
Out of state resident positive cases - 2
total negative - 3671

Female - 127
Male - 134
Age range - 7 to 95 years with median of 53
50 hospitalizations

County Cases:

Bourbon - 3
Butler - 3
Cherokee - 2
Clay - 1
Coffey - 5
Crawford - 3
Doniphan - 1
Douglas - 23
Franklin - 6
Gove - 1
Harvey - 1
Jackson - 1
Jefferson - 1
Johnson - 80
Leavenworth - 15
Linn - 4
Lyon - 4
McPHerson - 1
Mitchell - 2
Morris - 2
Neosho - 1
Osage - 1
Ottawa - 1
Pottawatomie - 1
Reno - 5
Riley - 1
Sedgwick - 33
Shawnee - 7
Sumner - 1
Woodson - 1
Wyandotte - 53

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1st Shawnee County coronavirus death announced

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said on Saturday that a Shawnee County woman died from the coronavirus.

The department said the woman was 70-years-old and was first admitted to Stormont Vail Hospital on March 23rd.

This is the first death caused by the coronavirus in Shawnee County.

Health officials said they are investigating the woman’s close contacts and working to quarantine anyone she may have been in contact with.

KSNT (Topeka, KS) - https://bit.ly/39q0IhF

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First positive COVID-19 case identified in Finney County

FINNEY COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – St. Catherine Hospital officials confirmed its first presumptive-positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday. Officials say the patient is not being hospitalized at this time. Health officials are not releasing any other information right now.

KSN (Wichita, KS) - https://bit.ly/3byUDks

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Reno County reports 8th positive COVID-19 case

At 5:30 p.m. Saturday Reno County officials reported the county’s eighth positive case of COVID-19.

The newest positive case is a woman in her 60′s who is currently in home quarantine. Officials did not release how she contracted the disease as the case contact investigation is underway.

Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, KS) - https://bit.ly/2xs1n4Z

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Leavenworth County Health Department COVID-19 Update



Today (03-28-2020) at 4:00 PM, the Leavenworth County Health Department (LCHD) reports the following:

Total Tested (County Health and Private)	199
Total tested by Leavenworth County Health Dept.	57
Negative results	49
Test that are pending	2
Positive results	6
Private lab tested	142
Negative results	129
Tests that are pending	3
Positive results	10
Total known positive results in Leavenworth County	16

Leavenworth County Health Department - https://bit.ly/2UorFOE

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update


March 28, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Johnson County
Positive cases*	82
Deaths	2
Negatives tests	846

* Positive cases represent those reported to the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment by physicians, private laboratories, hospitals and the Kansas Department of Health and Environmental Laboratories. These numbers are not representative of the total number of individuals with COVID-19 in Johnson County, KS. All data is provisional and subject to change.

0-9	0
10-19	1
20-29	11
30-39	10
40-49	18
50-59	11
60-69	15
70-79	11
80-89	5

Johnson County Kansas Health Department - https://bit.ly/2QPdVdu

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Wyandotte County Report

47 confirmed cases
23 patients hospitalized
3 deaths
102 self reporting
38 self reporting probable cases

Wyandotte County Health Department - https://bit.ly/2xwrBTU

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Sedgwick County Update

Sedgwick County has 33 COVID-19 cases

Age Range:
younger than 60 -- 22 -- New since 3/27/20 - 10
60 or older - 11 - new since 3/27/20 - 2
Total - 33 - new since 3/27/20 - 12

Source of exposure
Travel related - 10
likely person to person - 7 - new since 3/27/20 - 1
close contact with confirmed Covid-13 case - 3 - new since 3/27/20 - 3
under investigation - 13 - new since 3/27/20 - 8
total 33 - new since 3/27/20 - 12

Sedgwick County Department of Health - https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/covid-19/

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Fourth COVID-19 death reported in Wyandotte County; cases increase in Johnson County

A fourth person has died of the new coronavirus in Wyandotte County, according to statistics from health officials updated Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, the number of people testing positive for the virus in Johnson County rose by 2 to at least 82 cases. Johnson County has reported a total of two deaths from COVID-19.

Kansas City Star - https://bit.ly/2ULwjVW

Wyandotte County Health Department Coronavirus Dashboard - https://bit.ly/2xwrBTU

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Deaths by County:

Wyandotte - 4
Johnson - 2
Shawnee - 1