One more coronavirus death in Johnson County, with nearly 400 cases reported so far
One more death from the new coronavirus was reported in Johnson County Wednesday morning.
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment also reported 12 new confirmed cases as of 8:45 a.m., bringing the total numbers to 394 infections and 36 deaths.
Since Tuesday, 138 more negative tests were returned. In total, 4,123 test results have been returned for people in Johnson County.
Of those diagnosed in Johnson County, 128 have required hospitalization, up five from Tuesday, according to county data. Fifty have required ICU care.
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-seven 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.
Across Kansas, 2,025 have tested positive and 107 have died from the coronavirus, according to the latest statistics, provided Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment. At least 405 people have been admitted to the hospital.
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 Kansas City metro area had a total of 1,622 cases, including 101 deaths, as of Tuesday, according to data compiled by The Star.
In Missouri, 5,941 people had tested positive for coronavirus as of Tuesday afternoon. At least 189 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 826,000 confirmed cases and more than 45,100 deaths reported as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a database maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there were almost 2,593,000 cases and nearly 179,700 deaths.
