Kansas City metro adds 294 new COVID-19 cases, 8 additional deaths Sunday
With Missouri announcing the discovery of more previously unrecorded coronavirus-related deaths, the Kansas City metro Sunday reported an additional 294 infections and eight fatalities.
The virus has now infected 32,664 residents and killed 455 to date in the region, which encompasses Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.
This weekend, Missouri reported an additional 89 virus-related deaths, most of which occurred between June and August. Seventy-two were reported Saturday; an additional 17 were publicized Sunday.
The deaths were recorded after an inconsistency was found between death certificates and the state’s disease surveillance program, according to the state Department of Health and Senior Services.
Thirty of the 31 additional deaths reported Saturday across the metro were in Missouri. On Sunday, all eight of the metro’s fatalities were reported in Missouri: six in Kansas City and two in Jackson County.
Kansas City continued to outpace other parts of the metro in the number of infections, with 9,720. There have been 94 COVID deaths in the city to date. In Jackson County, 6,002 residents have been infected and 74 have died so far.
Johnson County continues to outpace other parts of the region in the number of virus-related deaths, with 121 to date. As of Sunday, 8,776 residents there have tested positive for the virus.
In Wyandotte County, health officials have reported 6,147 infections and 117 deaths to date.
In Clay County, there have been 1,493 infections and 39 deaths. There have been 526 cases and 10 deaths in Platte County.
Throughout Missouri, 93,434 residents have been infected, including 1,658 who have died, according to the state data. The state’s overall positive test rate was about 8.8%.
When Kansas last reported its data Friday, the state had 45,220 infections, including 481 deaths. The positive test rate was 10.6%.
Nationwide, the virus has infected more than 6.2 million Americans, killing 188,711, according to Johns Hopkins University.
