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The Sedgwick County Health Department is investigating a cluster of COVID-19 cases at a long-term care facility, the Clearwater Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; at that facility, four people have tested positive for COVID-19, and one has died.

This is the fifth cluster identified in the county. The others are three churches and one business.


Clusters are described as two or more non-household COVID-19 cases identified in a certain time frame and place.

Sedgwick County is recommending that when a long-term care facility has a positive case of COVID-19, the facility should isolate any people with symptoms and monitor all residents and staff.

The facility should also not allow visitors and should cancel any group activities.

County health employees work with the facility to ensure all close contacts are identified and are properly quarantined or isolated.

Sedgwick County says it had 206 cases of coronavirus as of noon Tuesday.