COVID-19 update: Johnson County reaches 46 cases, Wyandotte County records 2nd death
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Johnson County rose to 46 Wednesday, a day after Wyandotte County reported its second death from COVID-19, according to health officials.
Johnson County health officials said they had 10 additional positive cases of COVID-19. The number was spread out across a wide range of ages, but people in their 40s accounted for nearly 24 percent of the patients, according to the health department.
Meanwhile, a man in his 70s who tested positive for the coronoavirus last week has died from the disease, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, announced Tuesday night.
The man had been hospitalized on March 16. He was discharged on Friday but admitted to another hospital Sunday, where he died Monday evening. The man was the second COVID-19 related death reported in the county and third in the state of Kansas.
Wyandotte County has 24 confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to health officials.
Kansas has confirmed 126 coronavirus cases, according to health officials Wednesday.
In Missouri, there have been 255 confirmed cases and eight deaths from the disease, according to health officials.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday said he’s calling on President Donald Trump to approve a major disaster declaration for the entire state in order to receive greater federal assistance.
Parson said the outbreak is a disaster of such severity that the state government cannot effectively respond.
If the declaration is approved, Missouri would join California, New York Washington, Louisiana and Iowa as states receiving increased federal assistance.
Meanwhile, Missouri lawmakers are uncertain when they will be able to return to the Capitol to complete their work. They face a May 8 deadline to approve the state’s $30 billion budget.
They also must finalize a supplemental budge that includes $40 million in state and federal emergency funding to combat the COVID-19 virus before adjournment on May 15.
Nationwide, there have been 54,453 COVID-19 cases and 737 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This story was originally published March 25, 2020 at 2:08 PM.
