There are two new COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Kansas, according to an announcement at midday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
One was a Johnson County woman and the other was a Franklin County man, according to the announcement.
This brings the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Kansas to eight, according to the KDHE.
So far, Johnson County has five cases, Wyandotte County has one case (a man in his 70s in a nursing home who died at a hospital), Butler County, one case, and Franklin County, one case, according to the KDHE.
In all, there were 135 cases that tested negative for COVID-19, the KDHE stated.
COVID-19 is believed to be spread from an infected person to another person through the air by coughing and sneezing; close personal contact, such as touching or shaking hands; touching an object or surface with the virus on it, then touching your mouth, nose or eyes; and in rare cases, contact with feces, according to KDHE information.
The symptoms are a fever, cough and shortness of breath.
Persons who think they may have COVID-19 should call their primary health care provider by phone, and wait for instructions. Call first before going to a health care provider.
KDHE has a website for more information on COVID-19, at http://www.kdheks.gov/coronavirus.
The Wyandotte County website on COVID-19 is at https://www.wycokck.org/COVID-19.
The CDC also has a COVID-19 website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/.