61 new coronavirus cases reported in the Kansas City metro Wednesday
Correction: A calculation error in a previous version of this story led to an incorrect number of total new cases reported April 29 in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The number of new cases that day was actually 61. The story has been updated to reflect this information.
Sixty-one new cases of coronavirus have been reported across the city and the five counties that make up the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The new cases push the Kansas City metro to over 2,000, according to the latest figures provided by Missouri and Kansas.
In addition, there have been four additional deaths from COVID-19 in the area, increasing the toll to 123.
Altogether, at least 2,007 cases of the novel coronavirus have been identified between Kansas City, Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri as well as Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The numbers have been updated daily by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
State and local data also showed Wednesday that two more deaths have been reported in Jackson County and two more deaths in Wyandotte County.
On the Missouri side of the metro, 520 total cases and 16 COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in Kansas City. Outside the city limits, 313 cases and 11 deaths have been in Jackson County; 69 cases and one death have been in Clay County, and 32 cases have been in Platte County, where zero deaths have been reported.
In Kansas, Johnson County has 454 cases and 40 deaths while Wyandotte County has seen 619 cases and 55 deaths. The deaths in Wyandotte County include 30 residents from Riverbend Post Acute Rehabilitation Center in Kansas City, Kansas, where an outbreak occurred.
Missouri has reported seeing 7,425 cases and at least 318 deaths statewide while Kansas said it has seen 3,738 cases and 125 deaths as of Wednesday.
Nationwide, more than 1 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 60,000 people have died, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University.
Star reporter Katie Moore contributed to this report.
This story was originally published April 29, 2020 at 6:24 PM.
