Every resident of Kansas nursing home infected with Covid-19 - NBC News

All 62 residents of a Kansas nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 10 have died, health officials said.

The Norton County Health Department announced the outbreak at the Andbe Home in Norton on Monday.

All staff members are being tested, county health officials said.

"Steps are being taken to prevent any further outbreak including quarantining residents in their rooms and not allowing outside visitors into the facility," the Health Department said in a statement.

The Kansas Division of Emergency Management has provided resources to the county, which has a population of around 5,300 people, to help mitigate the outbreak, the county Health Department said.

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