Coronavirus updates: Sedgwick County’s COVID-19 case spike continues as Kansas improves
The Wichita area continues to see a second spike in coronavirus cases as Kansas as a whole improves.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s coronavirus pandemic report for Monday listed 11,419 cases in the state, up 372 cases from Friday.
The Sedgwick County Health Department’s online dashboard listed 764 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, up 19 from Sunday. There were no new deaths or recoveries, so the number of active cases also increased by 19 to 240.
The number of active cases continues increasing in Sedgwick County. It had previously peaked in late April and declined for most of May, but started to increase again around the same time all coronavirus-related restrictions were lifted in late May.
The 14-day average percentage of tests that come back positive had been rising for about two weeks, but experienced a slight decrease over the weekend. It dropped from 2.90% on Saturday to 2.82% on Sunday.
The KDHE’s reopening metrics show spread of the disease continues to decline in Kansas while it is on the rise in Sedgwick County.
The state health department reported 245 deaths, up two over the weekend. There have been 125,543 negative tests, which is up 7,438. Confirmed cases have been identified in 91 of the state’s 105 counties, an increase of one.
The state does not report recoveries or active cases.
In the Wichita area, the KDHE reports 760 cases in Sedgwick County, 57 in Reno County, 41 in Butler County, 41 in Cowley County, 14 in Harvey County and nine in Sumner County.
The KDHE reports 19,079 people have been tested in Sedgwick County, putting the local testing rate at 37 per 1,000 people. That’s the lowest testing rate of the 10 counties with at least 100 cases.
The other nine are Ford County with 1,882 cases, Wyandotte County with 1,736, Finney County with 1,508, Leavenworth County with 1,109, Johnson County with 1,106, Seward County with 907, Lyon County with 465, Shawnee County with 461 and Jackson County with 103.
The county health department reports 20,999 tests have been administered, which is an increase of 300 from Sunday.
Six new clusters were identified in the state over the weekend. The 165 clusters in Kansas account for 5,740 cases and 173 deaths, or about 50% of cases and about 71% of deaths.
There have been at least 988 hospitalizations in the state. Intensive care units have admitted 327 patients and 143 have required mechanical ventilation. Hospitals have discharged 676 patients.
COVID-19 patients in Kansas range in age from infant to 103 years old. The average age is 42 and the median is 40.
The youngest person to die of COVID-19 in Kansas was 29 years old. The oldest was 99 and the median is 79.
In cases where race and ethnicity data are available, Asian, Black and Hispanic or Latino communities continue to be disproportionately affected.