Seven more COVID-19 deaths reported Thursday as KC metro adds nearly 400 new cases
Nearly 400 more COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths were confirmed Thursday 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 added 396 new cases for a total of 21,676.
The seven-day average for new cases was 365. One week ago, the average hit a high of 507. Two weeks ago, it was 431.
The overall positive test rate was 5.12% in Kansas City, 7.63% in Jackson County, 8.12% in Clay County, 8.02% in Platte County, 6.9% in Johnson County and 17.7% in Wyandotte County.
Patrick Sallee, CEO of Vibrant Health, said the Wyandotte County based organization is offering testing throughout the community. Those tests have returned a 30% positive rate.
Three of the recent deaths were reported in Johnson County which has a total of 102, the most of any jurisdiction in the metro.
Two deaths were confirmed in Wyandotte County. One was in Kansas City and one was in Jackson County, bringing the metro’s total to 340.
Doctors at the University of Kansas Health System said they are treating 25 patients for the virus, down one from Wednesday and down from a peak of 36 last week.
Eleven of the patients were in the intensive care unit, an increase of six from Wednesday.
On Thursday, Missouri reported 56,383 cases including 1,280 deaths. The overall positive test rate was 7.3%. The seven-day positive rate was 10.6%.
Kansas, which last updated statewide numbers Wednesday, has at least 29,717 cases including 368 deaths. The overall positive test rate was 9.6%.
Across the U.S., more than 4.8 million people have contracted COVID-19 and 159,433 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
This story was originally published August 6, 2020 at 2:58 PM.
