Kansas COVID-19 positive cases increase by 59 Sunday, with 12 more deaths

Sixty-eight Kansas counties reported positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday. (KDHE map)
A KDHE graph showed the new Kansas cases in blue and the total cases reported in yellow. (KDHE graph)

Fifty-nine new positive COVID-19 cases were reported on Sunday, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

The total number of statewide positive cases were 1,849 on Sunday.

There were 12 more COVID-19 deaths reported statewide on Sunday, for a total of 98, according to KDHE statistics.

Wyandotte County reported 37 total deaths on Sunday, an increase of two deaths since Saturday’s figures, according to the Unified Government COVID-19 website.

The KDHE COVID-19 website said Wyandotte County had 417 positive cases, while the UG COVID-19 website on Sunday stated Wyandotte County had 403 COVID-19 cases. Wyandotte County had the most positive cases in the state.

According to the KDHE website, 68 Kansas counties had reported positive cases on Sunday.

On Sunday, Johnson County had 372 cases; Sedgwick County, the Wichita area, 234; Leavenworth County, 128; Ford County, the Dodge City area, 127; Shawnee County, the Topeka area, 90 cases; Coffey County, 47 cases; Seward County, 47 cases; Douglas County, the Lawrence area, 43; Lyon County, 38 cases; Finney County, 35 cases; Riley County, the Manhattan area, 26 cases; and Labette County, 20 cases.