Topeka, Kansas — A coronavirus outbreak has killed 10 residents in a Kansas nursing home, and the local health department said every one of the residents had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday, along with an unspecified number of staff. The affected home is in northwest Kansas' Norton County, which has seen one of the largest proportional increases in confirmed coronavirus cases over two weeks in the country.
The Norton County health department confirmed Monday night that all 62 residents and some employees at the Andbe Home in Norton had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The agency also said one Andbe Home resident was hospitalized, while the remaining 51 were being treated at the home.
It was not clear how many were experiencing symptoms of the disease, which is known to hit the elderly hardest.
The local health department said residents were being quarantined in their rooms and the home was not allowing outside visitors.
The outbreak at the nursing home came after the state Department of Health and Environment last week reported more than 100 cases at the state's prison in Norton over the two weeks ending Wednesday.
A screenshot from Google's Street View shows the Andbe Home nursing and care home in Norton County, Kansas. Google
Kansas is seeing an average of more than 700 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases a day, its largest numbers since early March.
Doug_Heffercan on October 20th, 2020 at 11:09 UTC »
I know it’s anecdotal, but when people say “it’s just a flu”, I always consider stories like these. Does every nursing home lose 16% of its population to the flu every year?
Demderdemden on October 20th, 2020 at 11:09 UTC »
Even in NZ where we have done really well in controlling things, these elderly homes have been devastating when the virus got in.
petal14 on October 20th, 2020 at 10:57 UTC »
Has no one learned from the death toll Soldiers Home in Holyoke, MA ??? Soldiers Home