COVID Clusters at Area Long Term Care Facilities

Long term care facilities in Salina and McPherson are among those listed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in its latest list of COVID-19 exposure locations.

The agency says there have been 35 confirmed cases at the Kenwood View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Salina within the last 14 days. The latest onset was on September 19th.

The agency also says there have been 6 confirmed cases at Brookdale McPherson within the last 14 days, with the latest onset on September 19th.

In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, KDHE publishes the names of the educational institutions, daycares (excluding home daycares that are in a person’s home due to privacy concerns), gatherings (excluding private events due to privacy concerns), governmental agencies, healthcare settings, group living, long term care facilities, sports teams and events, correctional facilities, public events, business entities, etc. with five or more Kansas resident COVID-19 cases with symptom onset dates in the last 14 days. This listing includes only cases within the last 14 days. Once a location no longer has five or more cases with symptom onset dates within the last 14 days, it will be removed from the list.

This publication is in keeping with the KDHE effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 disease by notifying the public of recent risk of exposure.

Notifications of this type are provided when the KDHE believes that the notification will benefit the public and aid in stopping the spread of the disease.