Kansas identifies more active COVID-19 clusters. List has only 38 of 225 outbreaks.

State public health officials have identified more locations with outbreaks of COVID-19, but the list has less than a third of the new active coronavirus clusters in Kansas.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment publishes its list of active clusters every Wednesday, but the majority avoid identification due to the state’s criteria. The KDHE reported 225 active clusters, but only 38 were named.

Last week, the state identified 39 of 219 active clusters.

Naming the locations is intended to provide “more transparency,” as well as “empower Kansans to be more proactive about assessing their own personal risk,” the KDHE website states.

The KDHE reported 46 new clusters in the last week, but only 14 locations were added to the list of active clusters. Some of those 14 may have been old clusters that had been previously dropped from the list or were not previously identified due to the listing requirements.

Those 14 clusters were at Benedictine College, Bethel College, Fort Hays State University, Derby High School, Pittsburg High School, Bunge Corporation in Atchison, the Cargill plant in Dodge City, US Foods in Topeka, Rosewood Services group home in Great Bend, Central Booking in Olathe, Stout-Henrichs Chiropractic Clinic in Dodge City, Healthcare Resort of Leawood, Redbud Village in Plainville and Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care in Hoxie.

Clusters are generally defined as two or more cases of COVID-19 with a common place and time. The KDHE list identifies most types of outbreaks with five or more cases among Kansas residents with symptom onset dates in the last 14 days. The number of cases on the list only include cases within the last two weeks.

Locations are removed from the list once there are no longer five or more cases with symptom onset dates in the last two weeks. Home-based daycares and private events are excluded due to privacy concerns.

The criteria kept about 83% of active clusters off the list. That meant locations were not identified for ongoing outbreaks at 69 long-term care facilities, 25 businesses and meatpacking plants, 23 schools, 22 colleges or universities, 14 private events, seven group homes, seven health care facilities, six government offices, six sports teams or events, five correctional facilities and three religious gatherings.

There are no active clusters in categories for bars and restaurants, camps, daycares, public events or travel

The full list of active cluster locations identified by the KDHE is available below, or online under the cluster summary tab of the health department’s dashboard at www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/160/COVID-19-in-Kansas.

College or University

• Allen County Community College, Iola, Allen County, 16 cases.
• Benedictine College, Atchison, Atchison County, six cases.
• Bethel College, Newton, Harvey County, five cases.
• Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, Ford County, six cases.
• Fort Hays State University, Hays, Ellis County, six cases.
• Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Crawford County, five cases.

Schools

• Derby High School, Derby, Sedgwick County, nine cases.
• Pittsburg High School, Pittsburg, Crawford County, five cases.
• USD 443 Schools, Dodge City, Ford County, 12 cases.

Private Businesses and Meatpacking Plants

• Bunge Corporation, Atchison, Atchison County, eight cases.
• Cargill, Dodge City, Ford County, 10 cases.
• National Beef, Dodge City, Ford County, 31 cases.
• Russell Senior Center, Russell, Russell County, 11 cases.
• US Foods, Topeka, Shawnee County, five cases.

Health Care Facilities

• Kids TLC in September, Olathe, Johnson County, 14 cases.
• Stout-Henrichs Chiropractic Clinic, Dodge City, Ford County, five cases.

Group Living

• Rosewood Services, Great Bend, Barton County, seven cases.

Correctional Facilities

• Central Booking-Olathe, Olathe, Johnson County, seven cases.
• El Dorado Correctional Facility, El Dorado, Butler County, 12 cases.
• Ellsworth Correctional Facility, Ellsworth, Ellsworth County, 10 cases.
• Hutchinson Correctional Facility, Hutchinson, Reno County, 32 cases.
• Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility, Larned, Pawnee County, 16 cases.

Long-Term Care Facilities

• Azria Health Woodhaven, Ellinwood, Barton County, 12 cases.
• Garden Terrace at Overland Park in September, Overland Park, Johnson County, five cases.
• Garden Valley Retirement Village, Garden City, Finney County, 16 cases.
• Healthcare Resort of Leawood in September, Leawood, Johnson County, five cases.
• Infinity Park Post Acute and Rehab in September, Overland Park, Johnson County, 54 cases.
• Kenwoodview Health and Rehabilitation Center in August, Salina, Saline County, five cases.
• Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson, Reno County, 26 cases.
• Prairie Senior Living Complex, Colby, Thomas County, five cases.
• Redbud Village, Plainville, Rooks County, 26 cases.
• Rolling Hills Health & Rehab in August, Topeka, Shawnee County, five cases.
• Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care, Hoxie, Sheridan County, eight cases.
• Stanton County Hospital LTC, Johnson City, Stanton County, seven cases.
• Sunporch of Dodge City in September, Dodge City, Ford County, six cases.
• The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Care in September, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, 12 cases.
• The Shepard’s Center, Cimarron, Gray County, 13 cases.
• Trinity Manor in September, Dodge City, Ford County, six cases.