Wyandotte County reported an increase of 136 COVID-19 cases on Friday, Dec. 25, according to the Unified Government’s COVID-19 webpage. There were a cumulative 14,116 cases. There were no additional deaths reported, for a cumulative total of 193.
The Mid-America Regional Council’s Kansas City Region COVID-19 Data Hub reported 117,058 COVID-19 cases on Dec. 25, with a total of 1,402 deaths in the nine-county regional area. There were no additional deaths Friday. The daily average of new hospitalizations was 171, down slightly.
Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 dashboard on Friday reported 18,756,360 cases in the United States, with 330,246 deaths.
COVID-19 tests scheduled Saturday at Turner location
Free COVID-19 testing is scheduled to be available at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, at Pierson Community Center, 1800 S. 55th St., Kansas City, Kansas. The site is operated by WellHealth, and those interested in a test may visit www.GoGetTested.com/kansas to schedule a COVID-19 test Check in advance to see if there are any changes to the schedule.
COVID-19 testing through the UG Health Department will resume on Monday.
Testing sites are at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.
For more test sites, also see https://www.gogettested.com/kansas.
For more information about the testing site at the former Kmart location, visit https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/10092020_newtestingsitewyco.pdf.
To see information about the UG giving vaccines to health care workers, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/ug-to-start-giving-covid-19-vaccines-to-health-department-and-ems-personnel-next-week/.
The KDHE vaccine report is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1677/Vaccine-Update-12-16-20.
Cards and letters of encouragement for caregivers at KU Health System may be sent to Share Joy, care of Patient Relations, 4000 Cambridge St., Mailstop 1021, Kansas City, Kansas, 66160. Emails can be sent to [email protected].
Wyandotte County is under a mandatory mask and social distancing order. Also, the Wyandotte County health order with a limit of 10 persons to a gathering, and a closing time of 10 p.m. for restaurants and bars, with other new restrictions, is at https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/11162020localhealthorderexecuted.pdf.
The UG COVID-19 webpage is at https://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information.
The KDHE’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/.
The KC Region COVID-19 Hub dashboard is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.
The Wyandotte County page on the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 website is at https://bao.arcgis.com/covid-19/jhu/county/20209.html.
The CDC’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html.