Increase seen in COVID-19 numbers

There was an increase of 62 COVID-19 cases since Saturday in Wyandotte County, according to the Unified Government COVID-19 webpage. (From UG COVID-19 webpage)

The Unified Government COVID-19 webpage reported 5,284 cumulative cases on at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, an increase of 62 since Saturday.

There were no new deaths reported, with the cumulative total the same at 107, according to the UG COVID-19 website.

Outbreaks

Several COVID-19 outbreaks are listed on the UG COVID-19 Hub page outbreak map.

The outbreaks with cases since July include:

• Tyson, 4612 Speaker Road, 7 cases, last case reported Aug. 13.

• VVF, 1705 Kansas Ave., 10 cases, last case reported Aug. 6.

• Kellogg’s Bakery, 801 Sunshine Road, 7 cases, last case reported Aug. 4.

• VersaFlex Inc., 686 Adams, 7 cases, last case reported Aug. 3.

• Kansas City Railcar Service, 1147 S. 14th St., 6 cases, last case reported July 31.

• GM Fairfax, 3201 Fairfax Trafficway, 18 cases, last case reported July 31.

• Coreslab Structures, 759 S. 65th, 5 cases, last case reported July 31.

• BPU Nearman power plant, near North 55th and the Missouri River, 5 cases, last case reported July 31.

• Ignite Medical Resort,3910 Rainbow Blvd., 17 cases, last case reported July 23.

• National Beef Packaging, 100 Osage Ave., 53 cases, last case reported July 21.

• Amazon KCK, 6925 Riverview Ave., 28 cases, last case reported July 20.

• Medicalodge of Kansas City, 6500 Greeley Ave., 20 cases, last case reported July 20.

• Bonner Springs Nursing and Rehab, 48 cases, 7 deaths, last case reported July 18.

• Nebraska Furniture Mart, 1601 Village West Parkway, 6 cases, last case reported July 16.

• Smithfield – Capstone Logistics, 2441 S. 98th, Edwardsville, 15 cases, last case reported July 16.

• Plastic Packaging Technologies, 750 S. 65th, 5 cases, last case reported July 15.

• Empire Candle, 2925 Fairfax Trafficway,7 cases, last case, July 14.

• Liberty Fruit Co., 1247 Argentine Blvd., 20 cases, last case, July 10.

The outbreaks are on the UG COVID-19 hub page at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/.

Free testing offered


Free COVID-19 testing is planned from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17, at Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 9301 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas, through Vibrant Health and the Health Equity Task Force.


Free testing also is offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Unified Government Health Department parking lot at 6th and Ann, Kansas City, Kansas. For more information, call 311.


For more information on who may be tested and what to bring, visit https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

The UG Health Department sports order is online at https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/08132020localhealthofficerorderregardingsports.pdf.

The Wyandotte County school start order is online at https://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information.

Wyandotte County is under a mandatory mask order and is in Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan. For more information, residents may visit the UG COVID-19 website at https://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information or call 311 for more information.

The CDC’s COVID-19 web page is at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html.