Kansas City metro reports 33 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing total to 3,340
Thirty-three additional cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Monday in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The area encompassing Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas has reported a total of 3,340 cases since the first coronavirus case was reported March 7.
Each of the jurisdictions identified new cases on Monday.
Over the weekend, 63 new cases were reported in the metro area on Saturday and 48 were reported on Sunday.
One additional death was reported Monday in Kansas City, bringing the metro’s total to 162.
On Friday, restrictions in Kansas City were loosened, allowing customers to dine-in at restaurants.
Doctors at the University of Kansas Health System said they were anxious about the amount of activity they observed at places around Kansas City such as the Country Club Plaza.
“I had a little bit of concern this weekend,” said Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control at the health system. “I just hope everybody is continuing to maintain good individual health guidance as far as physically distancing, wearing a mask, doing adequate and frequent hand hygiene, and not touching their face because we really want to keep everybody healthy. If we are starting to kickoff this economy and restart it, we want to be able to continue that.”
On Monday, restrictions across most of Kansas were eased as salons and gyms were allowed to reopen.
Experts at the health system said the number of cases in early June will be key because they will take into account reopening efforts.
On Monday, Kansas reported 8,340 cases, including 173 deaths. Another 58,650 tests have been negative.
Missouri confirmed 10,945 cases, including 605 deaths. A total of 151,338 tests have been conducted.
Nationwide, more than 1.4 million people have contracted the virus and more than 89,000 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
