A Colorado Rapids player and three Rapids staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in a postponement of the match Sunday with Sporting Kansas City in Colorado Springs.
According to a news release from Sporting KC, the tests of the Rapids organization members were conducted on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 24-25.
Major League Soccer has postponed Sunday’s match to allow for additional testing and evaluation, according to the news release.
A new date for the match will be announced later, according to a spokesman.
Next on the schedule for Sporting KC is an away match at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, with the Houston Dynamo in Texas.
Victim injured by gunfire while driving on Steele Road
Victims were driving in the 1900 block of Steele Road about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 25 when their vehicle was struck by gunfire, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
One of the victims had minor injuries, according to the report. The victims did not offer any suspect information, according to the report.
Suspect shoots at unoccupied business on Southwest Boulevard
An unknown suspect shot into an unoccupied business at 1:02 a.m. Sept. 25 in the 1400 block of Southwest Boulevard, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
Property was damaged, according to the report.
Home burglarized on North Hallock
A home was burglarized at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25 in the 2200 block of North Hallock, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
The victim stated that when he arrived at his residence, he noticed the front door was damaged. When he entered, he heard the rear door of the residence open, according to the report.
The victim exited the house and saw a vehicle fleeing, the report stated. The victim stated that the suspect stole cash, according to the report.
Man stabbed by family member on Sewell Avenue
A victim was stabbed in the chest by a family member about 7:26 p.m. Sept. 25 in the 2800 block of Sewell Avenue, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
The suspect left on foot, according to the report. The victim was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, the report stated.
A graph on the UG COVID-19 web hub showed 7-day rolling averages for positive test percentages. It showed a 7-day rolling average of 14 percent positive test percentage for Sept. 23 in Wyandotte County. The graph is at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/.On Friday afternoon, the Unified Government COVID-19 website reported 39 additional COVID-19 cases, for a cumulative total of 6,739. There were no additional deaths reported, for a cumulative total of 134, according to the UG website. (From UG COVID-19 website)Kansas reported 1,366 additional COVID-19 cases since Wednesday, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, for a cumulative total of 56,592. There were 11 additional deaths, for a cumulative total of 632. (From KDHE COVID-19 website)
Doctors at the University of Kansas Health System news conference on Friday explained positivity rates.
In answer to a question about hearing different rates for Johnson County, Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control, explained that people may hear different rates on when the report was made, where it’s coming from and if it was the positivity rate for overall case numbers, or if it was a two-week or seven-day rate.
The figures may change several times a day because some departments get case numbers in at different times, also.
The positivity rate is the number of positive COVID-19 cases over the number of tests.
Some weeks ago, officials from the White House Task Force on the Coronavirus were urging this region to get its positivity rate under 5 percent. Increased testing may drive down the percent positivity rate, according to Dr. Hawkinson.
Dr. Hawkinson said when more people are tested, they are better able to understand how much more the disease is spreading in the community. Sometimes there are delays in reporting the numbers, and the numbers change frequently, he said.
The positivity rate is often used as one of the measures for reopening schools and communities.
Amanda Gartner, RN, director of quality and safety at KU Health System, said regardless if the community has a 6, 8, 10 or 12 percent positivity rate, it’s still very high and it shows the virus is active in the community.
The Unified Government’s COVID-19 web hub lists the positivity rate at 17.5 percent for all cases in Wyandotte County, going back to March.
A graph on the UG COVID-19 web hub showed 7-day rolling averages for positive test percentages. It showed a 7-day rolling average of 14 percent positive test percentage for Sept. 23 in Wyandotte County. The graph is at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has two-week positivity case rates by county at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/160/COVID-19-in-Kansas. For the week beginning Sept. 20, Wyandotte County had an 8.41 percent positivity rate, according to the KDHE.
The state of Kansas has a 7.39 percent positivity rate for the week beginning Sept. 20 for the entire state, according to the KDHE figures.
The Mid-America Regional Council KC Regional COVID-19 hub reports on the Kansas City metro area. It includes nine counties plus Kansas City, Missouri.
According to the KC Regional hub, the positivity rate for the Kansas City metro area on Sept. 25 was 13 percent. The website is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.
The University of Kansas Health System reported 23 acute COVID-19 patients hospitalized on Friday morning, up from 21 on Thursday, according to Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control. There were six patients in the intensive care unit, a decrease of two since Thursday, and three patients on ventilators, an increase of one since Thursday. Also, 22 other COVID-19 patients who are not in the acute infection phase were in KU Health System. HaysMed reported 17 COVID-19 patients, including 15 in the acute phase and two in the recovery stage.
On Friday afternoon, the Unified Government COVID-19 website reported 39 additional COVID-19 cases, for a cumulative total of 6,739. There were no additional deaths reported, for a cumulative total of 134, according to the UG website.
Kansas reported 1,366 additional COVID-19 cases since Wednesday, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, for a cumulative total of 56,592. There were 11 additional deaths, for a cumulative total of 632.
A new UG Health Department COVID-19 schedule for free testing in October has been released. (From UG COVID-19 website, https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.b.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19)
Free testing continues Saturday
Free COVID-19 testing will be available from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 26, at La Fe en Jesucristo, 1500 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
The pop-up tests are through the Health Equity Task Force and Vibrant Health.
The pop-up tests and the Health Department tests now are open to asymptomatic people as well as those who have symptoms or have been exposed to COVID-19. Check with the UG Health Department’s Facebook page to see if there have been any changes in the schedule.
Wyandotte County is under a mandatory mask order and is in Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan. For more information, residents may visit the UG COVID-19 website athttps://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Informationor call 311 for more information.
