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

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Jefferson County Health Department confirms first COVID-19 case in county

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) – The Jefferson County Health Department announced its first positive COVID-19 case in the county on Wednesday.

No details were provided on the patient but JCHD said the person is in isolation and is following the recommendations of health officials.

The health department said it’s working on identifying people who’ve been in contact with the patient.

KSNT Television (Topeka, KS) - https://bit.ly/2vLMUQO

 

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Four new COVID-19 cases reported in county [Leavenworth County, Kansas]

At least four new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Leavenworth County. And the county clerk is making contingencies in case the August primary is disrupted by the outbreak of the disease.

Three newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Wednesday morning in a news release from the Leavenworth County Health Department. And a daily update released in the afternoon by the Health Department indicated there was a fourth new case Wednesday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 12.

Three of the new cases involve a man in his 70s, a man in his 50s and a man in his 30s.

The man in his 70s is reported to recently have traveled. The man in his 50s has no recent travel history but is known to have had close contact with someone else who tested positive for COVID-19. The man in his 30s has no recent travel history, according to a news release.

They remain quarantined at home along with family members.

Leavenworth Times (newspaper Leavenworth, KS) - https://bit.ly/3anu4ys

 

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Riley County resident tests positive for COVID-19

RILEY COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) – A woman in Manhattan has tested positive for coronavirus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed Thursday morning.

The result stands as the first confirmed case in Riley County. The 57-year-old patient is currently in home isolation according to KDHE.

Riley County Local Health Officer Julie Gibbs said her department and the KDHE are investigating the patient’s activity in the community to identify anyone she may have come into close contact with.

“Our main goal is to keep the community informed and safe,” Gibbs said.

A Kansas State University professor went into intensive care after contracting coronavirus during a trip to London, but the Kansas Department of Health and Environment counted his positive test result in Pottawatomie County.

KSNT TV (Topeka) - https://bit.ly/33L2LvI

 

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Osage County issues Stay at Home Order

TOPEKA, Kan, (WIBW) -- Health officials in Osage County have issued a county-wide Stay at Home Order.

As with all Stay at Home Orders, essential activities are still allowed. These include but are not limited to buying food from stores and restaurants, receiving medical care and taking care of friends, family or pets who reside in a different household. Essential businesses will also still be open. These include but are not limited to: healthcare workers, farmers, banks, gas stations, grocery stores, laundromats and media.

The order will go into effect Saturday, March 28 at 12:01 a.m. and will remain in effect until it is suspended by the County Public Health Officer.

WIBW TV (Topeka) - https://bit.ly/2UwIVzS

 

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Sumner County reports first COVID-case, issues stay-at-home order

WELLINGTON, Kan. (KAKE) -

Sumner County has issued a stay-at-home order after reporting its first confirmed coronavirus case.
The county health department received official confirmation late Wednesday night of a positive COVID-19 case. The patient is a man in his 60s who resides in the northern part of the county. He is currently hospitalized in Sedgwick County.

Health officials have started their disease investigation and locating contacts of the patient.

KAKE TV (Wichita) - https://bit.ly/3axFBv6

 

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Sedgwick County reports 13 cases of COVID-19

Sedgwick County now reports 13 confirmed cases on COVID-19.

As of 11:25 a.m., there were a reported 126 cases in Kanas, not including a newly reported case in Sumner County and now a total of 50 confirmed cases in Johnson County.

Sedgwick County said it will be moving its daily briefings to 1 p.m. opposed to 11 a.m. to provide updated information from the Kansas Department who receives its updates at 11 a.m.

KWCH TV (Wichita) - https://bit.ly/39oUxui

 

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Kansas officials express frustration amid coronavirus surge

Kansas officials are expressing growing frustration as the state continues to grapple with a surge in coronavirus cases.

Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday the federal government should “get its act together" and invoke the Defense Production Act to address shortages of ventilators, protective masks and testing kits, which President Trump has said isn't necessary.

Meanwhile, the top health official in the state said Kansans should stay home even if they don't live in a county with a stay-at-home order.

The state has confirmed 126 coronavirus cases, but that didn't include seven new cases reported by Thursday morning: one in Sumner County, one in Reno County, two in Sedgwick County and three in Topeka.

KAKE Tv (Wichita) - https://bit.ly/2y68sbD

 

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Kansas 126 Cases, 3 deaths
source : https://kdhe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/op...c597a516eee5d0

126 coronavirus cases, but that didn't include seven new cases reported by Thursday morning: one in Sumner County, one in Reno County, two in Sedgwick County and three in Topeka. Total 133

 

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Wyandotte County has confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19, bringing the county total to 34 and the state total to 143...
https://www.kshb.com/news/coronaviru...s-for-march-26

 

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Topeka isn’t even on their county list yet on the Argis county tab

 

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Osage County issues stay at home order over coronavirus

OSAGE COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) – Osage County has joined the ranks Thursday morning of other parts of Kansas issuing stay at home orders due to coronavirus.

Osage County doesn’t have any positive coronavirus cases, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the order restricts residents to only leave their homes for “essential activities.”


KSNT TV - https://bit.ly/2WLtdUw

 

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KDHE Update

168 Cases
3 Deaths

County Counts

Bourbon - 1
Butler - 3
Cherokee - 2
Crawford - 3
Doniphan - 1
Douglas - 13
Franklin - 1
Jackson - 1
Jefferson - 1
Johnson - 59
Leavenworth - 12
Linn - 4
Lyon - 3
Mitchell - 2
Morris - 2
Neosho- 1
Pottawatomie - 1
Reno - 4
Riley - 1
Sedgwick - 16
Shawnee - 4
Sumner - 1
Woodson - 1
Wyandotte - 34

 

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Shawnee County (KS) Health Department Daily Briefing
March 26, 2020

Broadcast on FB live by WIBW and KSNT television stations / video available on their sites after briefing concludes

33 pending

145 monitoring

4 positive
New case: Female 49 travel issues / not in contact with other cases / at home

Need cleaning supplies, Ppe, Clorox wipes - contact Shawnee County health department if business has supplies that could be donated and they will arrange pickup

Golf courses closing
Essential - life safety things

get outside - walk / bike -- but only as family group

Shawnee County Health Department - Covid-19 info - https://www.snco.us/HD/coronavirus.asp

new service on website - shawnee county dashboard
From a computer: https://sncoks-gis.maps.arcgis.com/a...e998b478beb6aa

Over 60 stay out of stores - use delivery

Working with VA hospitals for future needs - so far not running out of beds

recovery: 2 negative tests 24 hours apart / 7 days or 72 hours fever free without fever reducing med whichever is longer

 

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Nebraska governor asks people who have traveled to Kansas City to self-quarantine

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -- Is Kansas City becoming a hotspot for coronavirus? The governor of Nebraska seems to think so.

Governor Pete Ricketts is asking people who have traveled to the Kansas City area to self-quarantine for two weeks.

Right now, the entire state of Nebraska has 61 confirmed cases of the virus. Kansas City has more than that just in the metro alone.

KCTV5 Television - https://bit.ly/2Uj83v8

 

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FORT RILEY SERVICE MEMBER TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS


(RILEY COUNTY, KS – 3/26/2020) Fort Riley and Riley County leaders today confirmed that a Fort Riley Soldier has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual resides in Manhattan. The individual currently does not require hospitalization and remains in isolation at home, where he has been self-quarantined in accordance with Kansas Department of Public Health and Environment (KDHE) guidelines. This is considered to be an imported case of COVID 19 based on travel outside Kansas.


Riley County (KS) Health Department - https://bit.ly/2Up2FH7

 

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Bourbon County, Kansas issues stay-at-home order

BOURBON COUNTY, Kan. – Officials pass an emergency stay-at-home order to take effect at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020. It will remain in effect for 30 days, until 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2020 unless officials amend it sooner.

KOAM TV (Joplin, MO) - https://bit.ly/2UlC39T

Bourbon County, KS Health Department - http://www.bourboncountyks.org/covid-19/

Order posted on Facebook - https://bit.ly/2WN4aAu

 

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HARVEY COUNTY CONFIRMS FIRST COVID-19 CASE

The Harvey County Health Department is confirming its first presumptive-positive case of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Harvey County.

The case was identified through testing at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will verify results, but the case is treated as confirmed unless determined otherwise.

The confirmed case is a Harvey County man in his 20s. The individual is in home isolation. The Health Department and KDHE will regularly monitor the individual, as well as follow up on all contacts.


Harvey County Now - https://bit.ly/2QNOskJ

 

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Army Corps queries Kansas, Missouri builders about adapting buildings for COVID-19 care

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is asking construction firms in Kansas and Missouri about their interest in retrofitting buildings to help hospitals handle the expected surge in COVID-19 cases.

The Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers posted a notice Thursday seeking information from firms about converting “pre-existing buildings and facilities for increased medical capacity as a result of the COVID-19 virus outbreak.”

The solicitation lists Kansas City, Wichita, St. Louis, Topeka, Columbia and Springfield as potential sites for alternative care facilities if there is a surge in the number of coronavirus patients who need hospitalization in the two states.

Kansas City Star - https://bit.ly/39pOBBg

Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District notice - https://bit.ly/2wHyz8t

 

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Updated Regularly: What Kansans Need To Know About The COVID-19 Coronavirus

CASES AND DEATHS

170 cases, including two from out of state (see map for counties)

3 deaths (2 in Wyandotte County; 1 in Johnson County)

NOTE: These figures only include cases confirmed with lab tests and do not represent the real, unknown total. Community transmission of the disease has been confirmed in Johnson County, which has also scaled back testing.

COUNTYWIDE ORDERS TO STAY HOME

Stay-at-home orders allow people to take care of essential activities (such as grocery shopping or going to work), but otherwise keep to themselves. The following counties are under such orders; click through for detailed information.

Through April 6: Doniphan

Through April 22: Johnson, Wyandotte (and neighboring Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri)

Through April 23: Douglas (starts March 26), Leavenworth, Sedgwick, Miami

Through April 25: Atchison, Franklin (starts March 26)

Through April 26: Shawnee (starts March 26)

Until further notice: Crawford, Dickinson

Other counties in Kansas don’t have stay-at-home orders but are still under Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive order prohibiting gatherings of more than 10 people.

KCUR - https://bit.ly/2UnnZwk

 

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COVID-19 cases double at University of Kansas Health System

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — In the past 24 hours, confirmed cases of COVID-19 have doubled at the University of Kansas Health System.

On Wednesday, the hospital was caring for eight patients sickened by the virus. By Thursday morning, staff were caring for 16 patients, half of whom are on ventilators.

Dr. Steven Stites, chief medical officer at the University of Kansas Health System, said now is the time to flatten the curve.

"We are on the front end of the surge," Stites said. "Stay home. We can bend the curve."

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Roughly 2 million people live in the Kansas City metro.

Stites wants to minimize the spread of COVID-19 to 10% or less.

"But if 50% get it, gosh, that's a million (people)," Stites said. "That's a lot. That will be somebody you know."

But it doesn't have to be. Since viruses are passed from person to person, social distancing has proven to be effective when it comes to killing viruses.

In New Rochelle, New York, cases of COVID-19 have slowed down. In a two-week time period, the city had an increase of about 100 new cases of the virus.

"If you did doubling every three days, which is the mathematical model for the rapid spread of this disease, they should be over 1,000 (cases)," Stites said. "The reason they only went from 100 to 200 is because shelter-at-home works."

Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection control at the University of Kansas Health System, suggests people go outside, but keep at least six feet of distance from others.

"I think we are in the very early stages of this. If there's any chance that we can flatten the curve and slow the spread, we need to continue to do that," Hawkinson said. "We need to continue to have the social distancing. It's difficult for people because this also brings in other problems such as depression, anxiety. Try to get outside, try to exercise or walk. Get good nutrition, get adequate sleep. "

Hawkinson and Stites said the hospital is ready to fight the surge of cases. However, they both agree that if people across the metro shelter-at-home, the virus can be contained.

"That's what's going on in New Rochelle, they bent the curve. It's remarkable how much lower it is, and their density is a lot higher than ours," Stites said. "We can do this. We can bend the curve. We don't want to be New York City, we want to be KC."


KSHB TV - https://bit.ly/3dxro3l