KENOSHA COUNTY -- Kenosha County Emergency Management officials on Monday, April 13 announced a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care facility -- the first cases in such a facility in the county.
Officials said five residents and two employees of Parkside Manor on 67th Street near 62nd Avenue tested positive but not hospitalized.
The facility has 32 residents and 37 employees.
The Kenosha County Division of Health is working with the facility’s management to provide personal protective equipment for residents and staff, and to assist in the isolation of residents and the crafting of messages to notify residents’ guardians.
Emergency management officials said in a news release Froedtert South has provided Parkside Manor with collection kits to test all residents.
Parkside Manor released the following statement on the situation: