Kansas City metro reports 32 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death Sunday
An additional 32 infections of the new coronavirus and an additional virus-related death were reported Sunday in the Kansas City metro area.
The region — consisting of Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas — had recorded a total of 6,469 cases and 222 deaths as of Sunday evening.
That’s up 17 deaths and 824 infections from the week before, according to health data maintained by The Star.
The metro recorded an additional 128 cases Wednesday, 151 Thursday, 193 Friday and 144 Saturday. While the Sunday figures were lower, health officials have cautioned that fewer people are tested during weekends.
Johnson County now has the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in the Kansas City region with 80 as of Sunday. Health officials there have confirmed 1,257 cases.
Wyandotte County has the second-highest numbers of deaths with 78. There have been 1,829 cases there.
Kansas City, which has seen 30 deaths, has the highest number of infections in the region with 1,921. In Jackson County, 1,018 residents have been infected and 22 have died.
Clay County has reported 342 cases and four deaths. Platte County has seen 102 residents test positive and four die.
As of Sunday, Missouri reported 18,003 cases, resulting in 415 hospitalizations and 956 deaths. More than 315,150 Missourians have been tested for the virus.
Kansas recorded 12,059 cases, resulting in 1,035 hospitalizations and 254 deaths. About 147,600 Kansans have been tested.
Nationwide, there have been 2,269,463 confirmed infections and 119,868 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
