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(MSC News)--A sixth case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Kansas.
In a news release issued late Friday morning, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the presumptive positive case was identified with testing sent to KDHE’s Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories. The results will be verified by the CDC lab but will be treated as a positive unless determined otherwise.
The patient is a Butler County man in his 70s who had travel outside the U.S.
KDHE continues to work with the local health department and CDC to identify and contact people who may have come into contact with the individual while they were infectious and will monitor them for fever and respiratory symptoms. The patient is in isolation. No other information will be provided about the patient.
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