Two COVID-19 deaths in Johnson County bring total to 9; Wyandotte County reports 7
Two more people in Johnson County who contracted the new coronavirus have died, bringing the number of fatal infections there to nine, officials said.
Of the people who died, five were in their 80s, three in their 70s and one was in their 40s. More than 210 people in the county have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday morning, according to county health officials.
Across Kansas, more than 740 people have tested positive for the virus as of Sunday. About 180 people have been hospitalized and 22 have died, according to state officials. More than 7,400 have tested negative.
Johnson County has seen the most confirmed cases of the virus in the state, according to Kansas Department of Health and Environment data. Wyandotte County has seen the second largest with at least 170 cases and seven deaths, the county reported Monday.
Across the state line, Missouri has reported 2,367 cases and 34 deaths as of Monday, state officials said. Missouri has reported about three times as many cases as Kansas, but has also tested about three times as many people.
Nationwide, there were more than 337,900 cases and 9,600 deaths as of Monday morning, according to a database maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there were more than 1,289,000 cases and 70,590 deaths.
This story was originally published April 6, 2020 at 10:11 AM.
