Category: COVID-19

KU doctor to appear on nationally televised program tonight

Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control at The University of Kansas Health System, will appear on a nationally televised program, “One World Together at Home.”

The program brings together performing artists, health professionals and world leaders to raise funds for health care professionals and the World Health Organization during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will use live streaming.

The program is scheduled to be on ABC, CBS and NBC, and other networks, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18. Lady Gaga headlines the performers, who also include Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, LL Cool J, Matthew McConaughey, Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and many others.

There will be appearances by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert.

Dr. Hawkinson has regularly commented on COVID-19 during daily news conferences at the University of Kansas Health System.

COVID-19 cases up by 85 in Kansas on Saturday morning

Kansas reported an increase of 85 positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday morning, with a total of 1,790 positive cases statewide. Sixty-six Kansas counties have positive cases. (KDHE map)

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.

Rep. Davids supports more federal medical supplies for Kansas

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., on Friday issued a statement about the shortage of medical supplied that are needed to fight COVID-19 and keep frontline workers safe in Kansas.

“Kansas still doesn’t have the supplies we need to tackle this public health crisis,” Rep. Davids stated. “It’s unacceptable that we rank 50th among other states in per capita testing. And it’s unacceptable that our calls to FEMA for more supplies aren’t being met.

“Among other measures, the president needs to fully invoke the Defense Production Act to rapidly produce supplies and get them into the hands of our frontline workers. My team is working every day to help companies that want to donate or produce supplies and secure resources to our state.”