Second case of Presumptive-Positive COVID19 identified in Rooks County

Rooks County Health Department is confirming the second presumptive-positive case of COVID-19 in Rooks County. The possible case was identified Tuesday, April 7, with testing sent to QUEST Diagnostic on 4/6/2020. QUEST Diagnostic, which is approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to perform COVID-19 testing, found presumptive-positive results this afternoon. These results will be verified by the CDC lab and will be treated as positive pending confirmation.

The case is in Rooks County and the patient is currently in-home isolation, following the guidance of the CDC. The case is not travel related. Rooks County Health Department continues to work with the local partners and providers and KDHE to identify and contact people who may have come into contact with the individual while infectious and will monitor them for fever and respiratory symptoms. No further information about the patient will be released.

Rooks County’s first COVID-19 presumptive-positive case was announced in a press release Sunday, April 5th, just before noon.