KDHE: Kansas measles cases up to 56, cases in Reno, Sedgwick counties tied to international travel

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed that as of Wednesday, May 14, there are 56 provisional measles cases in Kansas, including two cases in Reno and Sedgwick counties that are “thought to be associated with international travel.”

Last week, Sedgwick County reported its first measles case since 2017. The Sedgwick County Health Department confirmed that the patient was an unvaccinated child between the ages of 5 and 10 years old who was exposed during travel out of the county.

As of May 14, Sedgwick and Reno are among the six Kansas counties with a range of at least one, but no more than five confirmed measles cases. KDHE doesn’t provide an exact number of cases for counties with fewer than six but indicates just one confirmed case each in Sedgwick and Reno counties, with data for the identified outbreak in southwest Kansas ing for 54 of the state’s 56 total cases.

In its data, regarding the measles outbreak initially reported in March in southwest Kansas, Gray County by far maintains the highest number of cases at 21. Data from May 14 shows Haskell County with eight cases, followed by Stevens County with seven, Kowa County with six and Finney, Ford, Grant, Morton, Reno and Sedgwick counties with ranges of one to five.

Breaking down the cases by age, children are the most heavily impacted. KDHE data shows 35 of the state’s 56 cases are in children aged 10 or younger: 19 in the 0-4-year-old group and 16 cases in children from 5 to 10 years old.

Among the 54 outbreak cases in southwest Kansas, the KDHE shows that 45 were unvaccinated.

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