Kansas reported 7,490 new instances of coronavirus within the week ending Sunday, from 7,635 the week earlier than of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Kansas ranked nineteenth among the many states the place coronavirus was spreading the quickest on a per-person foundation, a USA TODAY Community evaluation of Johns Hopkins College information exhibits. Within the newest week coronavirus instances in america elevated 7.4% from the week earlier than, with 906,593 instances reported. With 0.88% of the nation’s inhabitants, Kansas had 0.83% of the nation’s instances within the final week. Throughout the nation, 28 states had extra instances within the newest week than they did within the week earlier than.
Saline County reported 165 instances and minus one demise within the newest week. Per week earlier, it had reported 160 instances and nil deaths. All through the pandemic it has reported 15,084 instances and 251 deaths.
Inside Kansas, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person foundation had been in Hamilton County with 906 instances per 100,000 per week; Woodson County with 574; and Grant County with 573. The Facilities for Illness Management says excessive ranges of neighborhood transmission start at 100 instances per 100,000 per week.
Including probably the most new instances general had been Sedgwick County, with 1,393 instances; Johnson County, with 1,309 instances; and Shawnee County, with 644. Weekly case counts rose in 55 counties from the earlier week. The worst will increase from the prior week’s tempo had been in Cowley, Montgomery and Geary counties.
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Throughout Kansas, instances fell in 48 counties, with one of the best declines in Reno County, with 149 instances from 230 per week earlier; in Finney County, with 131 instances from 191; and in Riley County, with 116 instances from 162.
In Kansas, 5 folks had been reported useless of COVID-19 within the week ending Sunday. Within the week earlier than that, 9 folks had been reported useless.
A complete of 835,500 folks in Kansas have examined constructive for the coronavirus for the reason that pandemic started, and eight,971 folks have died from the illness, Johns Hopkins College information exhibits. In america 91,316,648 folks have examined constructive and 1,029,926 folks have died.
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Kansas’s COVID-19 hospital admissions falling
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital information as of Sunday, July 31. Doubtless COVID sufferers admitted within the state:
- Final week: 651
- The week earlier than that: 740
- 4 weeks in the past: 603
Doubtless COVID sufferers admitted within the nation:
- Final week: 75,143
- The week earlier than that: 73,476
- 4 weeks in the past: 63,312
Hospitals in 24 states reported extra COVID-19 sufferers than per week earlier, whereas hospitals in 21 states had extra COVID-19 sufferers in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 30 states admitted extra COVID-19 sufferers within the newest week than per week prior, the USA TODAY evaluation of U.S. Well being and Human Providers information exhibits.
The USA TODAY Community is publishing localized variations of this story on its information websites throughout the nation, generated with information from Johns Hopkins College and the Facilities for Illness Management. In case you have questions in regards to the information or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
