Kansas reported a total of 1,790 positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday morning, an increase of 85 cases since Friday morning, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
COVID-19 deaths in the state totaled 86 on Saturday, an increase of two deaths from Friday, the KDHE reported.
There were eight more hospitalizations in the state on Saturday as compared to Friday, according to the report.
Sixty-six counties reported positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday.
Wyandotte County had the highest total number of COVID-19 cases in the state. However, the numbers of Wyandotte County cases were different Saturday on the state’s COVID-19 website and the local Unified Government COVID-19 website. The state’s website said Wyandotte County has 412 cases. The UG COVID-19 website this afternoon stated that the number of positive cases was 381.
The KDHE COVID-19 website reported the Johnson County had 369 COVID-19 positive cases; Sedgwick County (Wichita area), 232; Leavenworth County, 123; Ford County, 107; Shawnee County (Topeka area), 90; Coffey County, 46; and Douglas County (Lawrence area), 43.
The KDHE reported that 944 of the positive cases were female and 839 were male. The age range is 0 to 99 years old, with a median age of 52.
The Kansas COVID-19 resource page is at https://govstatus.egov.com/coronavirus.