Kansas reported 4,291 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 4,401 the week before of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Kansas ranked 17th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 7.7% from the week before, with 436,694 cases reported. With 0.88% of the country’s population, Kansas had 0.98% of the country’s cases in the last week. Across the country, 24 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Reno County reported 142 cases and two deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 82 cases and two deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 20,957 cases and 251 deaths.
Within Kansas, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Sheridan County with 397 cases per 100,000 per week; Douglas County with 351; and Linn County with 350. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Sedgwick County, with 684 cases; Douglas County, with 429 cases; and Johnson County, with 420. Weekly case counts rose in 47 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week’s pace were in Douglas, Reno and Leavenworth counties.
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Across Kansas, cases fell in 49 counties, with the best declines in Sedgwick County, with 684 cases from 939 a week earlier; in Johnson County, with 420 cases from 625; and in Wyandotte County, with 149 cases from 216.
In Kansas, 43 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 10 people were reported dead.
A total of 873,545 people in Kansas have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 9,072 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 95,658,236 people have tested positive and 1,053,419 people have died.
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Kansas’s COVID-19 hospital admissions staying flat
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, Sept. 18. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
- Last week: 599
- The week before that: 593
- Four weeks ago: 637
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
- Last week: 57,618
- The week before that: 58,248
- Four weeks ago: 66,210
Hospitals in 15 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 14 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 22 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
