16 more COVID-19 cases reported in Johnson County but no new deaths
No additional deaths related to the new coronavirus were reported in Johnson County on Friday morning, though confirmed cases continued to rise.
Johnson County officials reported 16 new confirmed cases as of 7 a.m. Friday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 263, with 12 deaths. Since Thursday, 89 more negative tests were returned, for a total of 2,069 negative tests.
Eight of those who died were between the ages of 80 and 89, according to county data. The youngest fatality was an individual in their 40s. The average age of Johnson County residents who tested positive for the virus is 55.
Wyandotte County by Thursday afternoon saw the number of confirmed cases rise to 260 people, up 32 new cases, or 14 percent, from Wednesday’s total of 228 cases. Fifty-six patients have been hospitalized and 16 had died, according to county health department officials. New totals had not been released of 11 a.m. Friday.
As of Thursday, seven of the deaths in Wyandotte County were linked to Riverbend Post Acute Rehabilitation in Kansas City, Kansas, where 54 additional residents and eight employees have tested positive for the coronavirus.
At least two coronavirus-related deaths in Kansas and at least 18 other confirmed cases are tied to a church conference in Wyandotte County, health officials said.
The total number of new coronavirus cases in the Kansas City metropolitan area exceeded 1,000 confirmed cases Thursday; 39 of those infected have died, according to data compiled by The Star.
That count includes data from health officials in Kansas City as well as Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.
Within city limits, 267 cases and eight deaths had been confirmed by Kansas City health officials as of Thursday.
In Kansas, the total confirmed cases rose to 1,106 as state health officials reported 42 deaths as of 11 a.m. Thursday.
In Missouri, 3,539 people had tested positive for coronavirus as of Thursday afternoon; 77 have died, according to updated data by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Nationwide, there are 466,400 confirmed cases and more than 16,700 deaths reported as of 9:30 a.m. Friday, according to a database maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there were nearly 1,619,500 cases and more than 97,200 deaths.
This story was originally published April 10, 2020 at 11:21 AM.
