April 23, 2020 3:00pm - Leavenworth County Health Department Daily Update
Today, Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Leavenworth County is reporting four (4) additional lab-confirmed case.
The numbers shown on the map are lab-confirmed positive cases. The Lansing Correctional Facility cases have now been split to reflect both the community and facility numbers.
Due to limited resources, laboratory testing has been prioritized for high risk, hospitalized persons. Expanded testing capabilities are anticipated by the end of the week for Leavenworth County. Increased testing will provide data that gives more information about the prevalence of the virus in the county, including levels of spread in symptomatic and individuals without symptoms (asymptomatic). It will also help to identify people that are infected so that contact tracing activities can be increased.
To continue to aid in capturing an accurate representation of this pandemic, we ask for individuals to keep self-reporting symptoms of COVID-19 to the health department. Self-Reporting can be done by calling the health department at 913-250-2000, option 3, and speaking to a healthcare professional.