Kansas reported 7,490 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 7,635 the week before of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Kansas ranked 19th 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 increased 7.4% from the week before, with 906,593 cases reported. With 0.88% of the country’s population, Kansas had 0.83% of the country’s cases in the last week. Across the country, 28 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Saline County reported 165 cases and minus one death in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 160 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 15,084 cases and 251 deaths.
Within Kansas, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Hamilton County with 906 cases per 100,000 per week; Woodson County with 574; and Grant County with 573. 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 1,393 cases; Johnson County, with 1,309 cases; and Shawnee County, with 644. Weekly case counts rose in 55 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week’s pace were in Cowley, Montgomery and Geary counties.
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Across Kansas, cases fell in 48 counties, with the best declines in Reno County, with 149 cases from 230 a week earlier; in Finney County, with 131 cases from 191; and in Riley County, with 116 cases from 162.
In Kansas, five people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, nine people were reported dead.
A total of 835,500 people in Kansas have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 8,971 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 91,316,648 people have tested positive and 1,029,926 people have died.
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Kansas’s COVID-19 hospital admissions falling
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, July 31. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
- Last week: 651
- The week before that: 740
- Four weeks ago: 603
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
- Last week: 75,143
- The week before that: 73,476
- Four weeks ago: 63,312
Hospitals in 24 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 21 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 30 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.
