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COVID-19 cluster identified in College Hill nursing home, Sedgwick County announces

Wichita Eagle - 8/6/2020

Aug. 6--A cluster of COVID-19 cases has been identified at a long-term care facility in east Wichita, Sedgwick County announced Thursday morning.

Six residents and two staff have tested positive for the coronavirus in the outbreak at the Legacy on College Hill facility, 5005 E. 21st St. N, according to a written statement issued Thursday morning.

No deaths have occurred and further testing is underway, the county statement said.

This makes the 15th cluster at long-term care facilities reported by the county.

"We are working closely with the Health Department to determine next steps and we are not allowing nonessential individuals into the building at this time," the company said in the statement. "We appreciate the county's support and look forward to working together to eradicate the disease within our facility."

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The county is particularly sensitive to clusters in nursing homes because "COVID-19 symptoms can be particularly serious for older adults," said Sedgwick County Health Director Adrienne Byrne.

The county is recommending that all persons showing COVID-like symptoms be isolated from the rest of the facility and is working with the company to ensure that persons having close contact with the infected individuals are identified and are properly quarantined or isolated, the statement said.

The county is reporting 2,865 active cases of COVID-19 at present and 43 residents have died since the pandemic began.

As of Monday, 72 people were in local hospitals being treated for COVID and 24 were in intensive care. The hospital numbers, reported weekly, have been trending upward consistently since the end of June.

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