Kansas City metro adds more than 300 new coronavirus cases, total surpasses 9,000
The Kansas City metropolitan area added 302 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, pushing the total number of area cases above 9,000.
The area, which includes Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, has a total of 9,234 cumulative cases.
On Friday, the metro added a record 443 new cases. On Thursday, 112 cases were reported. The day before, 307 cases were added.
Kansas City reports 2,641 cases, up by 40 from Friday, and 31 deaths. No new deaths have been reported in the city since June 20.
Jackson County reported 29 new cases for a total of 1,318, while Clay County added 15 cases for 493 total. Platte County now counts 130 cases, up by six from Friday.
On the Kansas side, Johnson County added 120 new cases for a total of 2,111 and Wyandotte County added 92, bringing the total to 2,542 cumulative cases.
Wyandotte County also reported one new COVID-19 death on Saturday for a total of 85 deaths.
As of Friday, Kansas is requiring face coverings in most indoor public spaces as well as outdoor areas where social distancing is difficult to maintain, with some exemptions. Johnson and Wyandotte counties in the state also passed mask orders this week as COVID-19 cases increased across the area.
Kansas City and Jackson County also mandated face coverings, while Clay and Platte counties have not.
In Missouri, where Gov. Mike Parson has said he will not issue a statewide mandate, the state reported 23,215 COVID-19 cases and 1,027 deaths. Missouri also reports a positive testing rate of 5.5%.
Kansas on Friday reported 15,919 cases and 277 COVID-19 deaths. People are testing positive in Kansas at around 8.3%.
Across the country, more than 2.8 million cases and more than 129,000 deaths of COVID-19 have been reported, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University.
