Kansas City metro adds nearly 400 coronavirus cases and four more deaths Wednesday
The Kansas City metropolitan area added nearly 400 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths Wednesday.
The area encompassing Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas gained 391 cases for a total of 31,387 to date.
The two week positive test rate was 9.71% in Kansas City, 13.92% in Jackson County and 11.4% in Johnson County.
The overall positive test rate was 8.44% in Clay County, 9.11% in Platte County and 17.7% in Wyandotte County.
The seven day rolling average for new cases in the metro was 354. One week ago, it was 361. One month ago, it was 482.
The University of Kansas Health System said 23 patients were hospitalized for the coronavirus, down from 27 on Tuesday. Seven of the patients are in the intensive care unit.
“We are doing really good, a lot better than we were a couple weeks ago, a lot better than earlier in the week,” said Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control at the health system.
On Monday, there were 36 patients at the hospital.
According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, there are 106 patients currently admitted to hospitals in Wyandotte, Johnson and Leavenworth counties. Twenty require the use of ventilators.
The metro had four new deaths reported Wednesday with one each in Kansas City and Jackson, Johnson and Wyandotte counties. The metro has recorded a total of 409 COVID-19 deaths. Johnson County has the most with 118 followed by 115 in Wyandotte County. Kansas City has 72, Jackson County has 63, Clay County has 31 and Platte County has 10.
On Wednesday, Missouri reported 87,213 cases including 1,542 deaths. The seven day positive test rate was 12.7%. The overall rate was 8.6%.
Kansas confirmed 43,940 cases including 458 deaths. The overall positive test rate was 10.5%.
Across the country, more than 6 million people have contracted the virus and 184,803 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
