Kansas City metro adds more than 250 new coronavirus cases Sunday
An additional 257 coronavirus cases were reported Sunday in the Kansas City metro area. Health officials reported no new deaths.
Since taking hold in the metro area earlier this year, the virus has infected 27,995 residents in the area encompassing Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.
In total, 384 people in the Kansas City metro area have died.
Sunday’s case count comes a day after the metro saw an increase of more than 600 cases for the first time since July 30, when a record 685 cases were reported. On Saturday, 635 new cases were reported.
The largest case increase Sunday was concentrated in Kansas City, where 91 more residents tested positive for the virus. In total, 8,422 Kansas Citians have been diagnosed with COVID and 66 have died.
There have been 7,236 infections reported as of Sunday in Johnson County and 5,597 in Wyandotte County, according to their local health departments. The counties added 69 and 48 new cases Sunday, respectively.
The two Kansas counties continue reporting the greatest number of virus-related deaths in the metro. Wyandotte has reported 111 and Johnson has reported 110.
In Jackson County, 33 more people tested positive, bringing their total to 5,037 infections, including 57 deaths.
Sixteen more people were diagnosed with COVID in Clay County, bringing the total to 1,143 reported infections and 30 deaths.
In Platte County, 407 residents have tested positive for the virus, including 10 who have died.
Across Missouri, 75,075 residents have been infected by COVID-19, including 1,426 who have died, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The overall positive test rate Sunday was 11.5%.
Kansas, which last updated its numbers Friday, has at least 36,856 cases including 419 deaths. The overall positive test rate was 10.1%.
Across the country, more than 5.6 million people have contracted the virus and more than 176,600 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
