Kansas City metro reports additional death, 197 new coronavirus infections Sunday
Health officials Sunday reported an additional 197 confirmed cases of the coronavirus across the Kansas City metro region.
With an additional death in Johnson County, the virus has killed a total of 247 people in the metro.
The region — which encompasses Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas — has seen 9,431 residents become infected as of Sunday.
That’s up more than 1,600 cases from the week before and 2,900 infections from two weeks prior, according to data maintained by The Star.
The metro has seen the number of infections increase by triple digits each day since June 22. Recently, health officials reported an additional 307 cases Wednesday, 112 Thursday, 443 Friday and 302 Saturday.
Among those who tested positive this week was Lee’s Summit Mayor Bill Baird, who said “it can happen to anyone.”
Kansas City has reported the most cases in the metro with 2,696, which includes 31 deaths.
Johnson County has seen 89 residents die of the virus, the most in the area. There, officials reported 2,205 cases as of Sunday.
Eighty-five people have died of the virus in Wyandotte County, which has recorded 2,571 cases.
In Jackson County, 1,329 people have been infected, including 25 who have died.
Clay County has reported 500 infections, including 11 deaths. Platte County has seen 130 cases, including six deaths.
As of Friday, Kansas confirmed 15,919 cases and 277 deaths. The state has a testing positivity rate of 8.3%, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Missouri reported 23,436 cases and 1,028 deaths as of Sunday. The state has a 5.5% testing positivity rate, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Across the U.S., the virus has infected at least 2.8 million people and killed more than 129,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
