Five more COVID-19 deaths reported in Johnson County Tuesday
Five more deaths from the new coronavirus were reported in Johnson County Tuesday morning.
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment also reported six new confirmed cases as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, bringing the total numbers to 382 infections and 35 deaths.
Since Monday, 87 more negative tests were returned. In total, 3,973 test results have been returned for people in Johnson County.
Of those diagnosed in Johnson County, 123 have required hospitalization, according to county data. Seventy were hospitalized as of Monday morning. That number was reduced to 54 Tuesday.
According to recently-released county data, Johnson County hospital beds remained at about 85% capacity for the past week. As of Monday, 131 of the county’s 252 ICU beds were available.
Twenty-six of those who died were between the ages of 80 and 89, according to county data. The youngest person to die was an individual in their 40s. The highest concentration of cases is among Johnson County residents in their 50s.
Neighboring Wyandotte County reported one new case and no new deaths going into Tuesday, according to local health officials. The county now has 428 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 44 deaths.
Across Kansas, 1,986 have tested positive and 100 have died from the coronavirus, according to the latest statistics, provided at 11 a.m. Monday by the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment. At least 405 people have been admitted to the hospital.
With 16,775 negative tests returned, the figures show Kansas residents are testing positive at a rate of almost 12%, an increase from recent days. Kansas residents had previously been testing positive at a rate of 10 percent or slightly below.
As of Friday, the state ranked 49th in testing its residents.
The Kansas City metro area had a total of 1,581 cases, including 96 deaths, as of Monday, according to data compiled by The Star.
In Missouri, 5,807 people had tested positive for coronavirus as of Monday afternoon. At least 177 have died, according to updated data by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Missouri has reported more cases than Kansas but has also tested more people.
The United States surpassed 788,900 confirmed cases and more than 42,400 deaths reported as of 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, according to a database maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there were more than 2,501,100 cases and more than 171,800 deaths.
This story was originally published April 21, 2020 at 12:04 PM.
