Sep 18, 2020

McPherson County: 1 new COVID-19 case, stats updated

Posted Sep 18, 2020 10:39 PM

MCPHERSON -- The McPherson County Health Department today reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19.

Positive case No. 252 is a symptomatic female in her 30s with known exposure, the health department reported.

Additionally, the health department updated its COVID-19 case data to include the following.

• Asymptomatic cases: 26

• Cases with unknown exposure: 100

• Cases 60 years old and above: 61

• Cases 50-59 years old: 28

• Cases 40-49 years old: 32

• Cases 30-39 years old: 32

• Cases 18-29 years old: 74

• Cases under 18 years old: 25

• Female cases: 137

• Male cases: 115

• Hospitalized cases (may not represent current hospitalizations): 19

• Ventilated cases (may not represent current ventilated cases): 4

• Deaths: 1

The health department noted that 232 of the 252 confirmed cases have met Kansas Department of Health and Environment recovery guidelines and two of the active cases are hospitalized.