Kansas City metro adds 128 new COVID-19 cases, records one more death Wednesday
The Kansas City metropolitan area added 128 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and recorded one more death.
The area encompassing Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas has had a total of 5,949 cases, including 206 deaths.
Kansas City added 40 new cases, Jackson County had 27, Johnson County had 25, Wyandotte County had 34 and Clay County had two. Platte County did not see an increase in cases on Wednesday.
The metro has not had that many new daily cases since June 6 when 141 were added, however several days this month have surpassed 100 new cases.
The positive rate was 5.28% in Kansas City, 4.87% in Jackson County, 2.9% in Clay County, 3.7% in Johnson County and 15.5% in Wyandotte County. Platte County does not provide this figure.
The University of Kansas Health System said Wednesday they have 18 people hospitalized for COVID-19, a decrease of one patient compared to Tuesday.
“Unfortunately of those 18, six are in the ICU which is not surprising, but all six of those are needing ventilators,” said Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control at the health system.
The metro’s recent death was reported in Johnson County.
Missouri reported 16,625 cases including 524 people hospitalized on Wednesday and 909 deaths.
Kansas confirmed 11,681 cases including a total of 1,011 hospitalizations and 247 deaths.
More than 8.2 million people have contracted the virus globally and more than 445,000 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
This story was originally published June 17, 2020 at 2:56 PM.
