Kansas City metro adds 227 new COVID-19 infections, no additional deaths Sunday
Another 227 Kansas City metro residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total to date to 38,875, health officials reported Sunday.
No additional deaths were reported. In total, the virus has killed 551 people across the region that encompasses Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.
The seven-day rolling average for new cases in the metro was 318, according to data maintained by The Star. One week ago, it was 307. Two weeks ago, it was 262.
Kansas City continues to outpace other parts of the metro in the total number of infections, with 11,147 and 125 deaths to date.
In other parts of Jackson County, the virus has infected 7,512 people and killed 95.
Johnson County continues to outpace other parts of the region in the number of virus-related deaths, at 146. To date, 10,878 residents there have tested positive.
In Wyandotte County, health officials reported 6,825 infections and 134 deaths as of Sunday.
Clay County has reported 1,809 cases and 41 deaths to date.
In Platte County, 704 people have been infected and 10 have died.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ COVID-19 data for Jackson, Clay and Platte counties does not include the cases discovered within Kansas City’s city limits.
Throughout Missouri, 123,406 residents have been infected, including 2,063 who have died. The state’s positive test rate was 9.1%.
When Kansas last reported its data Friday, there had been 56,592 infections, including 632 deaths. The state’s monthly positive test rate was 7.4%.
Nationwide, the virus has infected more than 7 million people, killing more than 204,600, according to Johns Hopkins University.
