Second case of Presumptive-Positive COVID19 identified in Rooks County

Once again, the Rooks County Health Department has confirmed its second presumptive-positive case of COVID-19 in Rooks County. The case was identified Tuesday, April 7, with testing sent to QUEST Diagnostic on April 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. 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 doing 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.

The latest numbers from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Tuesday noon, April 14th, are as follows:

• 1,426 Kansas Coronavirus Cases

• 327 hospitalizations

• 69 state-wide deaths

• 12,721 negative tests With the two cases in Rooks County, a total of 38 people have been tested for COVID-19.

A total of 334 positive tests have been performed by the State Lab (KHEL) and 1,092 have been done by private labs.

The average age range for those infected with the virus is 53, with the oldest being 99.

There are a total of 772 female cases, 648 male cases, and 6 cases not being reported.

The average age for those being hospitalized is 63 years of age.