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Saint John’s Senior Behavioral Health patients placed in quarantine
All patients at the Senior Behavioral Health department at Saint John Hospital are being placed in quarantine after someone tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a news release from the Leavenworth hospital.
The announcement from the hospital came late Friday.
Unified Government unveils coronavirus self-reporting tool for residents
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas has rolled out a new tool to allow residents to self-report suspected cases of coronavirus.
The tool is available in English and Spanish and allows residents to report symptoms.
“This is the first tool of its kind in the Kansas City metropolitan region,” said KCK Mayor David Alvey.
“It allows our residents to help us identify and locate people who may be exhibiting signs of COVID-19, so they can be tested and get the medical attention they need. It’s a much-needed way for us to track locations and symptoms and, ultimately, the extent of the spread of COVID-19 in Wyandotte County.”
Once the information is filled out, it is sent to the Unified Government Public Health Department, who will follow up with patients.
No visitors: KC hospitals ban outsiders, stop elective surgery as coronavirus spreads
Kansas City area hospitals, like others across the country, have banned visitors to keep everyone in their buildings safe from the contagious new coronavirus.
The new rule at the University of Kansas Health System and elsewhere around the metro: No visitors, with few exceptions. Nursing homes y have already banned visitors except in end-of-life situations.
First novel coronavirus death reported in Johnson County, officials confirm Saturday
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Johnson County health officials reported the county’s first fatality from the novel coronavirus Saturday.
Wyandotte County’s total rose to 13 from nine Saturday while Johnson County added one additional case, bringing the county total to 26, according to theJohnson County health department and theKansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas City metro under stay-at-home order effective Tuesday as coronavirus spreads
Kansas City and its surrounding counties will be subject to a stay-at-home order effective Tuesday morning in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Saturday.
The order, which will go into effect 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, requires residents of Kansas City and Johnson, Jackson and Wyandotte counties to remain at home except for activities “essential to the health and safety” of themselves, family members or friends.
After 30 days, the jurisdictions will consider whether to extend the order.
Sedgwick County officials report that a second resident has tested presumptive positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The patient is a man under the age of 60-years-old. He was tested at his provider and has a history of travel to Colorado.
Officials say the man is currently in home isolation, following the guidance of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and CDC and will be in daily contact with the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) and medical providers.
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he Butler County Health Department along with Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has confirmed the 3rd case of COVID-19 in Butler County.
The case is in a Butler County man in his 40's with recent travel within the United States. The man is in isolation and all close contacts have been notified and are in quarantine. If you have symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home until symptoms have resolved.
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announces two new cases of COVID-19 Saturday
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s laboratories identified the positive cases, bringing the total to three in Douglas County.
“The new cases involve a woman in her 30s who recently traveled to the West Coast, and a man also in his 30s who recently traveled to England. Both patients are in isolation,” the Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said.
JoCo first COVID-19 death: An ‘indescribably horrible week of immeasurable suffering’
Johnson County’s first coronavirus death was a retired biology teacher-turned school superintendent and part-time professional magician.
Dennis Wilson, of Lenexa, who was in his 70s, died Saturday morning just five days after tests confirmed he had COVID-19, his wife wrote in a long and heartfelt post on her Facebook page.
“The fight is over,” Joanna Wilson wrote on Saturday evening. “I am absolutely heartbroken! It has been an indescribably horrible week of immeasurable suffering on the part of the love of my life and then certainly on the part of our three children and our 6 grandchildren who could only watch helplessly from a distance.”
The Leavenworth County health officer has issued a new emergency public health order that directs people to stay at home except to perform what are considered essential activities, according to a news release posted on the Leavenworth County Health Department’s Facebook page.
The order will go into effect Tuesday and remain in effect until April 23.
Lyon County reports first two positives for COVID-19
Two Lyon County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, Lyon County Public Health officials announced Sunday evening.
The health department first began testing for COVID-19 on March 10.
According to a written release, the patients were informed and asked to stay in isolation until guidelines have been fulfilled to be released. An investigation is currently underway and known contacts to these cases will be notified by public health staff.
wo Lyon County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, Lyon County Public Health officials announced Sunday evening.
The health department first began testing for COVID-19 on March 10.
According to a written release, the patients were informed and asked to stay in isolation until guidelines have been fulfilled to be released. An investigation is currently underway and known contacts to these cases will be notified by public health staff.
4th Douglas County patient tests positive for COVID-19 after recent travel
One more Douglas County resident, who recently traveled on an international cruise ship, has tested positive for COVID-19, the local health department announced Sunday afternoon, bringing the county’s total identified cases to four.
Douglas County Health Officer issues ‘Stay at Home’ order
LAWRENCE – Douglas County Health Officer Dr. Thomas Marcellino has issued a “Stay at Home” order as the Douglas County community continues with efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations and healthcare facilities will remain open, as residents are ordered to remain home except for essential needs.
This order matches recent ones issued in neighboring counties of the Kansas City area, including Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties, and will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, to give residents and employers time on Monday to make preparations. The order is effective until April 23, unless otherwise amended.
March 22, 2020 Public Update
Situation Overview
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kansas Test Results
Updated 3/22/20 at 10 a.m. Total Positive Cases 64
Reported deaths 2
Kansas Health and Environmental Lab
• This document is updated every afternoon and available on www.kdheks.gov/coronavirus.