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 </figure>Following is the Saline County COVID-19 update for Monday.Since our last update on Friday, November 13th we have received notification of 126 new positive COVID-19 cases in Saline County.&nbsp; The total for the County is now 1,729 with 383 cases that are actively being monitored by the Health Department, 1,329 that have recovered, and a total of 17 deaths. Salina Regional Health Center notified us that they have 26 hospitalized COVID-19 patients.&nbsp; Our dashboard has been updated with the latest information:●Mobile Device Users:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://arcg.is/yjPT1">https://arcg.is/yjPT1</a>●Desktop Users:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://arcg.is/1qHnb0">https://arcg.is/1qHnb0</a>Health Department Staff is working through several clusters of positive cases related to a multitude of different events and locations.&nbsp; As we have seen over the past two weeks, a single case can take an entire day to investigate properly and notify close contacts.&nbsp; With so many new cases each day, our staff is extremely behind in case investigation.&nbsp; Please continue to be patient with us, we are working as quickly as we can.&nbsp;Anyone who has visited Buffalo Wild Wings located at 2580 S. 9th&nbsp;Street in Salina within the last week and a half is asked to monitor yourself for symptoms of COVID-19.&nbsp; This outbreak has several complicated cases that the Health Department staff has not been unable to trace back to a single contact, thus not having specific dates and times of when exposure could have occurred.&nbsp; If you do develop symptoms, please contact your primary care physician about testing.&nbsp;If you have been tested for COVID-19, you need to isolate in your home until your test results are back.&nbsp; Those that are notified of a positive COVID-19 test you should:●Isolate for at minimum 10 days from symptom onset and be 72 hours fever free and have a significant improvement in symptoms.●Close Contacts are defined as those persons within 6 feet or less for 10 minutes of more two days before the positive cases’ symptom onset date.●Close Contacts need to quarantine for two weeks from their last contact date unless living in the same household, and then it would be two weeks past the positive case’s isolation release date.●If after several days, the Health Department has not reached out to a close contact, the Health Department may not have been notified of the contact exposure and you will need to notify the Health Department; but please be patient and continue to quarantine until then.According to the Kansas Department of Health &amp; Environment, there are now 122,741 cases and 1,266 deaths statewide. This information can be found at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/</a>.&nbsp;Announcements:●A shelter site, at no cost to an individual, is available for those who cannot isolate or quarantine in their homes and who have tested positive for COVID-19, those individuals who have been exposed to someone who has tested positive, and those living and working in at-risk congregate settings.&nbsp; This shelter does provide for housing, meals, laundry, and cleaning service so individuals are provided a safe shelter to avoid exposing their household to the COVID-19 virus and help stop the spread of the virus.&nbsp; For more information or to request this service, please contact your local Emergency Management Department at 785-714-0389 or 785-819-0263 if you need shelter outside of your home.Following the proven public health guidance to slow the spread of COVID-19 continues to be extremely important for everyone to do.&nbsp; Please:●Wash your hands often, for at least 20 seconds with warm soapy water.&nbsp; Use hand sanitizer if you do not have access to soap and water.●Maintain physical distance between yourself and others of at least 6 feet or more.●Wear masks in public spaces as required by City Ordinance and County Resolution.&nbsp; You must cover your nose and mouth for masks to be effective.●Avoid gatherings.&nbsp; If you must go, wear a mask, physical distance from others, wash hands or use hand sanitizer.●Sanitize frequently touched surfaces and areas such as doorknobs, handles, cell phones, tablets, etc.●Stay home if you are sick.&nbsp; Regardless if you think it may be a cold, it could be allergies, but it also could be something worse.Only follow official sources to obtain information:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.saline.org/coronavirus" target="_blank">www.saline.org/coronavirus</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kdheks.gov/" target="_blank">www.kdheks.gov</a>.

Saline County reports 126 new COVID-19 cases; 1,329 of 1,729 recovered