Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Sedgwick County COVID-19 Data Dashboard

The Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) now has an online COVID-19 data dashboard on the Sedgwick County website. It features data from when the first case presented itself on March 6 to present time.

The dashboard is updated daily and includes the number of COVID-19 cases, recoveries, deaths, hospitalizations, illness onset, and cases identified by gender, ethnicity, and race. It allows residents to stay updated on the virus by combining all statistics in one location.

Data collected may or may not represent the true prevalence of COVID-19 within Sedgwick County. Residents are encouraged to stop the spread of the disease and not become a number on the dashboard, by washing hands, covering coughs, practicing social distancing, and staying home.  See the link below or on the left sidebar under COVID-19 Data.

Sedgwick County COVID-19 Case Count

Stay at Home Orders

For information regarding the Kansas Stay at Home Order please email KEFF@ks.gov or call 1-866-534-3463 (1-866-KDHEINF). Businesses can ask to be considered essential by filling out the KEFF form.

FAQs and Guidance

KDHE Statewide map of COVID-19 cases

Testing information

Drive Through Testing

• Testing can be ordered through commercial laboratories by a medical provider.  Medical providers can also order testing through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) if patients meet the criteria to be tested. 
  • Please call (316) 660-1022 to schedule no-cost testing at the Sedgwick County Health Department.

• After infection with a virus, the level of virus in a person’s body grows over time and then decreases when the person’s immune system fights it off.
• The COVID-19 test will be positive if the level of virus in a person’s body is detectable by the test. Symptoms are an indication that the level of virus is detectable.
• If a patient doesn’t have symptoms, a negative test could mean no virus OR virus levels that are not detectable with the test.
  • Testing is a point in time. A negative test on one day doesn’t predict future results.
  • A person with a negative test on one day and who is then later exposed to the virus and shows symptoms may test positive after that exposure

• Screening criteria for testing (symptoms, risk for exposure, etc.) are important to ensure that test results can be interpreted for the status of the patient on the day of testing.

What happens if someone tests positive for COVID-19:

• If someone tests positive for COVID-19, they must remain at home for 72 hours after the end of symptoms (per KDHE Guidance) or 10 days after symptom onset, whichever is longer.
• They should stay away from other people in their home to avoid spreading the virus to them.
• The SCHD will follow-up with all of their close contacts and ask them to also remain at home for 14 days after last exposure to the positive person.
• If someone test positive for COVID-19 in the hospital, they will be isolated in the hospital while they receive treatment.
  • If they are well enough to be released, they must remain at home for 72 hours after the end of symptoms (per KDHE Guidance) or 10 days after symptom onset, whichever is longer.
  • They should stay away from other people in their home to avoid spreading the virus to them.
  • The SCHD will follow-up with all of their close contacts and ask them to also remain at home for 14 days after last exposure to the positive person. 
    • You are a "close contact" if any of the following situations happened while you spent time with a person with COVID-19, even if they didn't have symptoms:
      • Were within 6 feet of the person for 10 consecutive minutes or more
      • Had contact with the person's respiratory secretions (for example, coughed or sneezed on; kissed; contact with a dirty tissue; shared a drinking glass, food, towels, or other personal items).
      • Live with the person or stayed overnight for at least one night in a house with the person.

For more information, please visit the CDC Coronavirus website at https://www.cdc.gov.  For more information, please visit our COVID-19 facts and details page.