Kansas: Long-term care

Kansas reports long-term care data for Assisted Living Facilities, Boarding Care Homes, Home Plus, Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities for Mental Health, Residential Health Care Facilities and Long-Term Care Hospital Units.

Kansas reports cumulative data associated with outbreaks. Kansas does not include facility-level data. Data on residents and staff are reported combined. Data is updated weekly.

An outbreak (referred to as a “cluster” by Kansas) is defined as two or more cases from one known exposure, and is considered closed 28 days following the last symptom onset.

August 13, 2020 - August 20, 2020: Cumulative data carried from August 13, 2020.

August 27, 2020: CTP began reporting Current Outbreak resident and staff combined cases and death data for Kansas.

September 17, 2020: Kansas posted this note. "KDHE received lots of feedback, both positive and negative, after releasing the locations of active outbreaks last week on September 9. We know people appreciate the transparency and information, and that it allows Kansans to make informed decisions when assessing personal risk. KDHE staff has taken the feedback we received and is currently assessing ways in which we can report this information in a way that reflects current COVID-19 case increases. As we assess our process, we will not be releasing outbreak names and locations September 16, but anticipate doing so next Wednesday, September 23." CTP was unable to locate the list of locations for active outbreaks reportedly released on September 9, 2020.

September 24, 2020: Kansas started reporting facility-level data for staff/resident cases within the past 14 days.

Case totals include confirmed and probable cases.