Wyandotte County gets D-plus grade for social distancing
Positive COVID-19 cases in Kansas increased by 279 on Saturday, to a high of 3,056, according to Kansas Department of Health and Environment statistics.
Deaths in Kansas totaled 117, an increase of six since Friday, according to the report.
Wyandotte County saw 24 new positive COVID-19 cases, for a total of 551 on Saturday, according to the 1:30 p.m. Unified Government COVID-19 webpage.
There was one additional death in Wyandotte County, for a total of 50, according to the report.
Other counties’ reports
Ford County, the Dodge City area, rose to third highest in the state on Saturday, reporting 419 positive cases. It was up from 350 cases on Friday. It is the site of meatpacking plants. KDHE and CDC have ramped up testing at the meatpacking plants, where there have been outbreaks.
KDHE stated it anticipated an increase in the next several days for areas in western Kansas because of new testing strategies that have been implemented. Extra tests were ordered for meatpacking plant employees. According to KDHE, there could be delays with the county numbers added to the state total because of additional time it is taking to enter lab reports.
Some of the counties’ reports, according to the KDHE: Johnson County, 423 cases; Ford (Dodge City area), 419 cases; Sedgwick (Wichita area), 334 cases; Seward (Liberal area), 307 cases; Leavenworth County, 167 cases; Lyon County (Emporia area), 140 cases; Finney (Garden City area), 139 cases; Shawnee (Topeka area), 100 cases; Coffey (Burlington area), 48 cases; Douglas (Lawrence area), 48 cases; and Riley County (Manhattan area), 43 cases; Labette County, 21; Reno County, 21; McPherson County, 20; Saline County, 19; Montgomery County, 14; and Butler County, 13.
Wyandotte County gets D-plus for social distancing
According to the Unacast social distancing scale, Wyandotte County received a D-plus for social distancing. The county got a D for a 25 to 40 percent reduction in average mobility; a B for a 65 to 70 percent reduction in nonessential visits; and an F for less than 40 percent decrease in encounters density compared to the national baseline.
Nearby Johnson County received a D on the social distancing scale, while Leavenworth County received a D-minus. Shawnee County, the Topeka area, received an F for social distancing.
For more information on the social distancing scale see https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=20209
The Kansas COVID-19 resource page is at https://govstatus.egov.com/coronavirus
The UG’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information.
Information from the CDC is at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/.