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Zero active COVID-19 cases found at USD 428
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Great Bend USD 428 started the week with zero active positive cases of COVID-19. The report from 2:30 p.m. Monday was posted on the district website.

Over the past semester, there have been 576 cases among staff and students, affecting every building.

Here are the totals of resolved cases at each building so far:

GBHS - 144

GBMS - 111

Eisenhower - 86

Little Panthers Preschool - 6

Jefferson - 37

Lincoln - 53

Park - 47

Riley - 50

District Education Center - 2

Helping Hands Preschool - 22

Special Services - 9

Central Kitchen - 8

Maintenance/Transportation - 1


Statewide

As of 9 a.m. Monday, Kansas has had 769,850 COVID-19 cases, resulting in 20,027 hospitalizations and 8,222 statewide deaths. There were 150 new cases, 17 new hospitalizations and one new death reported to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment since Friday.

KDHE also tracks the number of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19. There have been 28 of these cases as of 9 a.m. Monday.


Area cases

Here are case totals for area counties as of 9 a.m. Monday, with any change since Friday:

• Barton 6,484 (+1) 

• Ellsworth 2,013 (+0)

• Pawnee 2,117 (+0)

• Rice 2,609 (+0)

• Rush 806 (+0)

• Russell 1,878 (+1)

• Stafford 1,136 (+0)


Area deaths

Here are the COVID-related death totals for area counties as of 9 a.m. Monday. There have been no new deaths reported since Friday, March 18.

• Barton 89 

• Ellsworth 31

• Pawnee 24 

• Rice 22 

• Rush 18

• Russell 37 

• Stafford 26


Hospitalizations

The Great Bend Tribune also reports on COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Barton, Pawnee and Stafford counties.

• As of 9 a.m. Monday, Barton County has reported 177 hospitalizations attributed to COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, including 32 intensive care unit (ICU) admissions to date, and 115 discharged patients reported to KDHE. These numbers were unchanged from Wednesday, March 24.

• Pawnee County has reported 77 hospital admissions, 15 ICU admissions and 51 discharged patients to date. These numbers have not changed since March 11. 

• Stafford County has reported 36 hospital admissions, 15 ICU admissions and 23 discharged patients to date. These numbers have not changed since Jan. 5.