By William / www.mcpherson-county-ks.com

MCPHERSON – Wednesday, February 10, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) released their latest set of Covid-19 reports and within the Cluster Report, McPherson County had just five facilities still listed as clusters, one fewer than the previous week.

While the list only showed one fewer listing, McPherson County did have three schools removed as McPherson College, McPherson High School and McPherson Middle School were no longer on the list.

Smoky Valley High School still appeared on the list with five cases as of February 9.

McPherson County did add a pair of Long-Term Care Facilities to the listing with Brookdale Senior Living in McPherson and Moundridge Manor being added to the cluster list.

Bethany Home in Lindsborg still reports nine cases as of February 8 while Pleasant View Home in Inman showed five cases as of February 4.

Brookdale Senior Living in McPherson reported five cases as of February 9 and Moundridge Manor in Moundridge showed seven cases as of February 11.

As for area counties, Saline, Reno and Marion counties recorded no cluster listings on the Wednesday report.

Here is a listing of the McPherson County clusters, number of cases shown, and date of last cluster number collection:

PUBLIC SCHOOLS =

  • Smoky Valley USD 400 = High School with 5 cases as of February 9.

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES =

  • Inman – Pleasant View Home with 5 cases as of February 4.
  • Lindsborg – Bethany Home with 9 cases as of February 8.
  • McPherson – Brookdale Senior Living with 5 cases as of February 9.
  • Moundridge – Moundridge Manor with 7 cases as of February 11.

Neighboring counties and their current cluster listings include:

MARION COUNTY =

  • No Cluster Listings.

HARVEY COUNTY =

  • Schowalter Villa (Long-Term Care Facility) in Hesston with 7 cases as of February 9.

RENO COUNTY =

  • No Cluster Listings.   

SALINE COUNTY =

  • No Cluster Listings.