Four more clusters reported at Sedgwick County long-term care facilities

Four more clusters with no deaths have been reported at adult care homes or independent living facilities in Sedgwick County.

The Sedgwick County Health Department announced the clusters Wednesday in a joint release with the facilities. On Wednesday morning, the Sedgwick County dashboard showed 20 clusters at long-term care facilities, which include adult care homes or independent living facilities. The dashboard is updated daily each afternoon.

At least 37 of the county’s 56 deaths have been attributed to long-term care facilities. Additionally, there have been 369 cases out of 7,376 cases in the county.

Sedgwick County has a case-fatality rate of 0.75% compared to long-term care facilities with at least 10%.

Here is a list of the newly-announced clusters:

WellSprings Care Homes at 804 S. Oliver in Wichita

• Six cases (three residents, three staff)
• Facility-wide retesting has occurred

Family Health and Rehab at 639 S. Maize in Wichita

• Five cases (one resident, four staff)
• First round of retesting is complete and a second round of retesting will occur later this week

The Healthcare Resort of Wichita at 7057 W. Village in Wichita

• Six cases (all staff)
• Retesting has occurred and all have recovered

Dove Estates – Memory Haven, 1500 S. 183rd Street West in Goddard

• Nine cases (eight residents, one staff)
• All affected had very mild symptoms
• Retesting will occur later this week

This story was originally published September 9, 2020 at 8:59 AM.