CDC recommends masks for more Kansas counties

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Eight Kansas counties have enough new coronavirus cases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends people should wear a mask when they are at public indoor spaces, such as stores and churches.

The counties are Cherokee, Gove, Hodgeman, Kingman, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, and Trego.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KHDE) said 3,949 Kansans have tested positive for the coronavirus since last Wednesday. It says the seven-day average of new cases is 505, down from 538 last week.

The state’s COVID-19 death toll is 8,943, a decrease of three. The KDHE said that when cases are reviewed, officials will sometimes find that a death was not linked to COVID-19.

The KDHE is having technical difficulties with the rest of its COVID-19 dashboard. While it works to fix the problem, we are unable to check COVID-19 hospitalizations, variants, and vaccinations.

County	Confirmed
Allen	4,085
Anderson	2,190
Atchison	4,433
Barber	1,052
Barton	6,590
Bourbon	4,463
Brown	2,774
Butler	19,443
Chase	681
Chautauqua	853
Cherokee	6,307
Cheyenne	662
Clark	507
Clay	2,018
Cloud	2,237
Coffey	2,461
Comanche	443
Cowley	10,314
Crawford	12,297
Decatur	632
Dickinson	4,896
Doniphan	2,487
Douglas	28,133
Edwards	562
Elk	575
Ellis	7,268
Ellsworth	2,031
Finney	11,388
Ford	10,720
Franklin	7,140
Geary	9,451
Gove	815
Graham	584
Grant	2,226
Gray	1,244
Greeley	333
Greenwood	1,828
Hamilton	466
Harper	1,677
Harvey	9,822
Haskell	971
Hodgeman	419
Jackson	3,985
Jefferson	4,915
Jewell	794
Johnson	154,203
Kearny	1,250
Kingman	2,003
Kiowa	687
Labette	6,717
Lane	300
Leavenworth	20,142
Lincoln	627
Linn	2,895
Logan	860
Lyon	10,368
Marion	3,403
Marshall	2,583
McPherson	7,998
Meade	1,232
Miami	8,116
Mitchell	1,443
Montgomery	9,541
Morris	1,533
Morton	628
Nemaha	3,287
Neosho	5,241
Ness	784
Norton	2,158
Osage	4,027
Osborne	816
Ottawa	1,220
Pawnee	2,181
Phillips	1,365
Pottawatomie	5,914
Pratt	1,958
Rawlins	692
Reno	18,864
Republic	1,363
Rice	2,646
Riley	13,940
Rooks	1,397
Rush	819
Russell	1,896
Saline	14,358
Scott	1,293
Sedgwick	147,724
Seward	6,953
Shawnee	50,045
Sheridan	799
Sherman	1,528
Smith	647
Stafford	1,168
Stanton	432
Stevens	1,498
Sumner	5,808
Thomas	2,493
Trego	789
Wabaunsee	1,668
Wallace	440
Washington	1,427
Wichita	500
Wilson	2,852
Woodson	815
Wyandotte	48,276

CDC Mask Guidelines based on community-level transmission:
Low (green): No mask needed indoors (get tested if you have symptoms)
Medium (yellow): Mask recommended for high-risk patients (discuss with your healthcare provider)
High (orange): Should wear mask indoors in public
Kansas coronavirus cases updated June 15, 2022
CDC Community transmission rates updated June 9, 2022
Sources:
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Centers for Disease Control