Wichita Standard

Sedgwick County COVID-19 Update: December 19, 2022, weekly report.

COVID-19 Overall Case Count (Confirmed cases as of noon December 19, 2022)United States: 99,921,039 (Last Monday:  99,441,308)Kansas: 909,831 (Last Monday: 905,678)Sedgwick County: 126,057 (Last Monday: 125,707)

Sedgwick County Health Department COVID-19 Vaccine Information:Total Doses Given by Sedgwick County Health Department: 294,772

SCHD offers no-cost COVID-19 vaccine to uninsured adults and uninsured or state-insured children at its Main Clinic, 2716 W. Central. Eligible individuals can call 316-660-7361 to make an appointment. The Main Clinic offers Pfizer for eligible children 6 months and older.

An updated, bivalent COVID-19 booster dose is available to people over age 5 who completed a primary series at least 2 months ago.

UPDATE:  Federal agencies have approved use of the updated, bivalent vaccine in children up to 5 years old. Updated vaccine for this age group is not yet locally available.

Under the federal approvals:

* Children ages 6 months–4 years old who complete a Moderna primary series can receive an updated Moderna booster two months later.* 5-year-old children who complete a Moderna primary series can receive Pfizer’s or Moderna’s updated boosters two months later.

Children ages 6 months–4 years who received two doses of the three-dose Pfizer primary series will now receive the updated Pfizer vaccine as a third dose. A booster dose is not authorized for children in this age group.

No-Cost, COVID-19 Sampling:Sedgwick County Health Department only provides COVID-19 tests for uninsured adults, uninsured children, and children with CHIP or Medicaid/KanCare.• These individuals can make a COVID-19 testing appointment at SCHD’s Main Clinic (2716 W. Central) by calling 316-660-7300• In addition to the Sedgwick County Health Department, there are additional testing sites in Wichita for residents to utilize. 

For more information and to schedule an appointment, please visit https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/.../sampling-and-testing.../  or visit www.knowbeforeyougoks.com . *Results are generally available by the afternoon of the next day. The Health Department will make three attempts to reach residents with their results.*If you receive a voicemail or missed call from the Health Department, please call back in order to receive your results.*For the quickest response, please call (316) 660-1022 and listen for the prompt to leave a message for the results department.  *Residents wanting to self-report at-home COVID-19 tests can now do so at https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/.../covid-19-at-home-test.../o  SCHD will provide up-to-date quarantine and isolation guidance to people submitting the form who test positive or who test negative but were a close contact of someone with COVID-19.

Full report here: https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/.../sedgwick-county-covid.../

Original source can be found here.