In Kansas, coronavirus cases exceed 2,000 as death toll rises by 7 Tuesday
The number of Kansans infected by the new coronavirus has exceeded 2,000, state health officials said Tuesday.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced 39 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing to the total diagnosed to 2,025 as of 11 a.m.
Seven more deaths were also reported Tuesday, bringing the total in Kansas to 107. At least 419 people have been admitted to hospitals.
Five of the new deaths were reported in Johnson County, which totals 35 deaths and 382 cases, according to local health officials.
Neighboring Wyandotte County tallies the highest COVID-19 counts in the state, with 44 deaths and 428 cases, according to county health officials.
With 17,076 negative tests returned, Kansas residents are testing positive at a rate of almost 11% a slight increase from recent days. Kansas residents had previously been testing positive at a rate of 10 percent or slightly below.
As of Tuesday, the state ranked last in testing its residents, according to the Coronavirus API Public Health Initiative, which gathers data from state health websites.
The average age of individuals testing positive is 51, state data shows. The youngest victim is an infant and the oldest is 99. The average age of those hospitalized is 64.
The largest COVID-19 outbreak in Kansas is focused at Riverbend Post Acute Rehabilitation Center in Kansas City, Kansas, where at least 24 residents have died since the first death linked to the facility occurred on April 5. The number of confirmed cases linked to the facility was at 116 as of Monday afternoon.
A ministers’ conference held mid-March in Kansas City, Kansas, has resulted in 44 cases and five deaths from COVID-19, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Nationwide, there are nearly 804,200 confirmed cases and more than 43,200 deaths reported as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a database maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there were more than 2,531,800 cases and nearly 174,300 deaths.
