The Kansas City metro has emerged from stay-at-home orders and local leaders have started to reopen businesses after weeks of shutdown from the coronavirus. What you need to know:The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Monday the state has 11,419 cases confirmed cases of COVID-19 and there have been 245 deaths since the outbreak started. Kansas is now only updating COVID-19 data on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday 880 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in the state and there are 16,189 confirmed cases since the outbreak started.MONDAY2:45 p.m. — The Jackson County Health Department said it is currently monitoring seven outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, including a recent outbreak at the Independence Manor Care Center.The county reports that Independence Manor Care Center has 39 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which makes it the second-largest outbreak in the county behind Lee’s Summit Pointe Health and Rehabilitation with 54.Overall, the county said there have been 181 cases from the ongoing outbreak locations and 10 deaths linked to the locations.“We are clearly seeing the second wave of COVID-19 in the Kansas City metro area, and it is vital that our residents, particularly those in the vulnerable populations, take steps to protect themselves and their families from this disease,” Independence Mayor Eileen Weir said. “The deaths associated with COVID-19 in Jackson County continue to rise. Residents are strongly encouraged to wear a cloth face covering when in public, regularly wash your hands for 20 seconds and, if possible, avoid travel outside of essential business. This is a disease that spreads quickly because many of us will never know if we have it, but it takes all of us to keep our friends, family and neighbors safe.”The first case was identified at the Independence Manor last week with the remaining 38 cases came back positive over the weekend. The city of Independence is working in collaboration with the Jackson County Health Department and the Missouri State Department of Health and Senior Services to ensure the facility has the tools and resources they need to protect all residents and staff.“Upon notification that an employee had tested positive for the virus, we immediately tested all our residents and staff,” Corporate Nurse Kristi Mansour said. “We are doing everything we can to ensure we stop the spread of this within our facility. We continue to be in close communication with local and state health officials to ensure we are taking the appropriate steps at this time.”2:30 p.m. — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 206 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, bringing the statewide total to 16,189 since the start of the outbreak. There have now been 880 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up one from Sunday.State health officials said that increased testing will be reflected in the numbers. Additionally, some counties are catching up on reporting.[ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]The state said it has tested a total of 279,461 people through PCR testing — a test that looks for the virus in the nose, throat or other areas of the respiratory tract to determine if there is an active infection — and 5.7% of those were positive. The state said it has tested 34,415 through serology testing — a test that looks for antibodies in the blood — and 3.7% of those were positive.The DHSS reports 1,737 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas City, Missouri, and 865 cases in eastern Jackson County. Health officials said there have been 29 deaths in Kansas City, and Jackson County reports 22 total.The state also lists 293 total cases in Clay County (outside of Kansas City), 98 in Platte and 114 in Cass County.2:15 p.m. — The University of Kansas announced its plan for a return to campus for the fall semester at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. KU Chancellor Doug Girod announced in an email to students, staff and faculty that classes will begin as planned on Aug. 24, and classes will conclude before Thanksgiving, at which point students will be encouraged to leave campus for the semester. READ MORE1:45 p.m. — The head of the Kansas City’s health department is worried about a spike in confirmed cases of the coronavirus. KCUR reported that the rate of new cases has increased every week since May 10, reaching an average of 52 new cases reported per day for the week that ended Friday.“We are on a rise of a second wave,” Kansas City Health Department Director Dr. Rex Archer said on KCUR on Friday.The health department said in a statement this week that the rise in confirmed cases is because of increased testing as well as new outbreaks. State data shows that Kansas City now has 1,690 confirmed cases. The city has reported 29 deaths from COVID-19.Missouri’s statewide order requiring 6-foot social distancing, limiting capacity in stores and banning visits to nursing homes expires after Monday, although it’s unclear if health officials have done much to enforce it since it took effect June 1.1:30 p.m. — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported an increase of 372 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its first update since Friday to push the statewide total to 11,419 since the outbreak started. DHE officials said the death total climbed by two to 245 on Wednesday. Health officials said 988 patients have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak. The state said it has tested 136,741 people with 125,543 negative test results, an overall percent positive test rate of 8.4%, and it is testing 46.94 per 1,000 people in Kansas. [ KANSAS COVID-19 COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]State health officials warned earlier we should see higher confirmed cases of COVID-19 as more testing becomes available, some counties catch up in reporting and more cases from correctional facilities and meatpacking plants are reported.Ford County in southwestern Kansas has the most confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak at 1,882, followed by Wyandotte County with 1,736 cases since the outbreak started. Leavenworth County – home to Lansing Correctional Facility – has 1,100 cases, and Johnson County reports 1,106 cases.1:15 p.m. — Officials with John Knox Village in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, said multiple employees who work at the campus Village Care Center have tested positive for COVID-19. A release from John Knox says five new employees at the facility’s care center have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the facility’s total number of positive cases to nine. READ MORE9 a.m. — The state of Kansas isn’t officially listing the number of people that have recovered from COVID-19, but local health departments across the state are keeping track. According to numbers from Monday morning, 6,415 people have recovered from the coronavirus. Leavenworth County reported 1,061 recoveries, Johnson County 633, Wyandotte County 503 and Douglas County 72.8 a.m. — Wyandotte County is reporting 1,677 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started with 13 patients currently hospitalized. The county said 76 people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak and 503 people are presumed recovered. The 66102 ZIP code is the most impacted area of the county with 447 cases, followed by the 66104 ZIP code with 292 and 66109 with 197.7 a.m. — Johnson County reported Monday morning 1,075 positive cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started. The county said it has 633 presumed recoveries. It also has tested 28,595 people with 27,520 negative tests for an overall positive test rate of 3.8%. The county said it has tested 47.5 people per 1,000 in the county. Johnson County said it continues to monitor 10 outbreaks at long-term care facilities, including the most recent outbreaks at Villa St. Francis, Overland Park Center for Rehabilitation and Garden Terrace at Overland Park.6 a.m. — Health officials say a protester who attended a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in downtown Topeka last week has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the person attended June 1 protests at the city’s Law Enforcement Center. The City-Cowley County Health Department also says a 14 year old likely exposed people to the virus in Cowley and Sedgwick counties this week. Kansas on Friday reported 11,047 cases of coronavirus, up 2% or 235 from Wednesday. The state health department says the number of statewide COVID-19 deaths rose by three to 243.[ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ][ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ] The Associated Press contributed to this story.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
The Kansas City metro has emerged from stay-at-home orders and local leaders have started to reopen businesses after weeks of shutdown from the coronavirus.
What you need to know:
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Monday the state has 11,419 cases confirmed cases of COVID-19 and there have been 245 deaths since the outbreak started. Kansas is now only updating COVID-19 data on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday 880 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in the state and there are 16,189 confirmed cases since the outbreak started.
MONDAY
2:45 p.m. — The Jackson County Health Department said it is currently monitoring seven outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, including a recent outbreak at the Independence Manor Care Center.
The county reports that Independence Manor Care Center has 39 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which makes it the second-largest outbreak in the county behind Lee’s Summit Pointe Health and Rehabilitation with 54.
Overall, the county said there have been 181 cases from the ongoing outbreak locations and 10 deaths linked to the locations.
“We are clearly seeing the second wave of COVID-19 in the Kansas City metro area, and it is vital that our residents, particularly those in the vulnerable populations, take steps to protect themselves and their families from this disease,” Independence Mayor Eileen Weir said.
“The deaths associated with COVID-19 in Jackson County continue to rise. Residents are strongly encouraged to wear a cloth face covering when in public, regularly wash your hands for 20 seconds and, if possible, avoid travel outside of essential business. This is a disease that spreads quickly because many of us will never know if we have it, but it takes all of us to keep our friends, family and neighbors safe.”
The first case was identified at the Independence Manor last week with the remaining 38 cases came back positive over the weekend. The city of Independence is working in collaboration with the Jackson County Health Department and the Missouri State Department of Health and Senior Services to ensure the facility has the tools and resources they need to protect all residents and staff.
“Upon notification that an employee had tested positive for the virus, we immediately tested all our residents and staff,” Corporate Nurse Kristi Mansour said. “We are doing everything we can to ensure we stop the spread of this within our facility. We continue to be in close communication with local and state health officials to ensure we are taking the appropriate steps at this time.”
2:30 p.m. — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 206 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, bringing the statewide total to 16,189 since the start of the outbreak. There have now been 880 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up one from Sunday.
State health officials said that increased testing will be reflected in the numbers. Additionally, some counties are catching up on reporting.
[ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]
The state said it has tested a total of 279,461 people through PCR testing — a test that looks for the virus in the nose, throat or other areas of the respiratory tract to determine if there is an active infection — and 5.7% of those were positive.
The state said it has tested 34,415 through serology testing — a test that looks for antibodies in the blood — and 3.7% of those were positive.
The DHSS reports 1,737 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas City, Missouri, and 865 cases in eastern Jackson County. Health officials said there have been 29 deaths in Kansas City, and Jackson County reports 22 total.
The state also lists 293 total cases in Clay County (outside of Kansas City), 98 in Platte and 114 in Cass County.
2:15 p.m. — The University of Kansas announced its plan for a return to campus for the fall semester at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. KU Chancellor Doug Girod announced in an email to students, staff and faculty that classes will begin as planned on Aug. 24, and classes will conclude before Thanksgiving, at which point students will be encouraged to leave campus for the semester. READ MORE
1:45 p.m. — The head of the Kansas City’s health department is worried about a spike in confirmed cases of the coronavirus. KCUR reported that the rate of new cases has increased every week since May 10, reaching an average of 52 new cases reported per day for the week that ended Friday.
“We are on a rise of a second wave,” Kansas City Health Department Director Dr. Rex Archer said on KCUR on Friday.
The health department said in a statement this week that the rise in confirmed cases is because of increased testing as well as new outbreaks. State data shows that Kansas City now has 1,690 confirmed cases. The city has reported 29 deaths from COVID-19.
Missouri’s statewide order requiring 6-foot social distancing, limiting capacity in stores and banning visits to nursing homes expires after Monday, although it’s unclear if health officials have done much to enforce it since it took effect June 1.
1:30 p.m. — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported an increase of 372 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its first update since Friday to push the statewide total to 11,419 since the outbreak started.
DHE officials said the death total climbed by two to 245 on Wednesday.
Health officials said 988 patients have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak. The state said it has tested 136,741 people with 125,543 negative test results, an overall percent positive test rate of 8.4%, and it is testing 46.94 per 1,000 people in Kansas.
[ KANSAS COVID-19 COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]
State health officials warned earlier we should see higher confirmed cases of COVID-19 as more testing becomes available, some counties catch up in reporting and more cases from correctional facilities and meatpacking plants are reported.
Ford County in southwestern Kansas has the most confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak at 1,882, followed by Wyandotte County with 1,736 cases since the outbreak started. Leavenworth County – home to Lansing Correctional Facility – has 1,100 cases, and Johnson County reports 1,106 cases.
1:15 p.m. — Officials with John Knox Village in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, said multiple employees who work at the campus Village Care Center have tested positive for COVID-19. A release from John Knox says five new employees at the facility’s care center have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the facility’s total number of positive cases to nine. READ MORE
9 a.m. — The state of Kansas isn’t officially listing the number of people that have recovered from COVID-19, but local health departments across the state are keeping track. According to numbers from Monday morning, 6,415 people have recovered from the coronavirus. Leavenworth County reported 1,061 recoveries, Johnson County 633, Wyandotte County 503 and Douglas County 72.
8 a.m. — Wyandotte County is reporting 1,677 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started with 13 patients currently hospitalized. The county said 76 people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak and 503 people are presumed recovered. The 66102 ZIP code is the most impacted area of the county with 447 cases, followed by the 66104 ZIP code with 292 and 66109 with 197.
7 a.m. — Johnson County reported Monday morning 1,075 positive cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started. The county said it has 633 presumed recoveries. It also has tested 28,595 people with 27,520 negative tests for an overall positive test rate of 3.8%. The county said it has tested 47.5 people per 1,000 in the county. Johnson County said it continues to monitor 10 outbreaks at long-term care facilities, including the most recent outbreaks at Villa St. Francis, Overland Park Center for Rehabilitation and Garden Terrace at Overland Park.
6 a.m. — Health officials say a protester who attended a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in downtown Topeka last week has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the person attended June 1 protests at the city’s Law Enforcement Center. The City-Cowley County Health Department also says a 14 year old likely exposed people to the virus in Cowley and Sedgwick counties this week. Kansas on Friday reported 11,047 cases of coronavirus, up 2% or 235 from Wednesday. The state health department says the number of statewide COVID-19 deaths rose by three to 243.
[ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]
[ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
