MCPHERSON -- The McPherson County Health Department today reported the county's 26th confirmed COVID-19 case.
"The latest identified positive case is a female under the age of 18 recovering at home with known exposure to another positive case," the health department noted.
Thus far, 17 of the total confirmed cases have met Kansas Department of Health and Environment recovery guidelines and one confirmed case is currently hospitalized, the health department reported.
"Symptoms for COVID-19 appear 2-14 days after exposure and include fever, cough, shortness of breath, malaise, sore throat, chills, and diarrhea. If you develop any of these symptoms, contact your health care provider. You must stay home for at least 10 days after symptoms started or for 72 hours after fever is gone (without the use of fever-reducing medication) and with significant improvement in symptoms, whichever is longer," the health department explained.