Little change in Sunday’s COVID-19 case numbers in Wyandotte County

New COVID-19 cases increased by one from Saturday at 1:50 p.m. to Sunday at 1:50 p.m., according to the Unified Government COVID-19 webpage. (From UG COVID-19 webpage)

Total cases increased to 1,153, and total deaths were 70 in Wyandotte County on Sunday. There were 34 more recoveries for a total of 340.

Total COVID-19 cases increased by one, according to the Unified Government’s COVID-19 webpage.

Cases were 1,154 at 1:50 p.m. Sunday as compared to 1,153 at 1:50 p.m. Saturday. There were no new deaths, and total deaths stayed at 70, according to the COVID-19 webpage. Hospitalizations were listed as the same, at 30.

Recoveries were up by 15 on Sunday, and probable cases increased by three.

The Unacast social distancing rating on May 16 gave Wyandotte County an F on social distancing. Also receiving an F were Johnson and Leavenworth counties. The state of Kansas received a D-minus. (See https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=20209)

Testing continues at several locations Monday in Wyandotte County

According to the UG’s COVID-19 hub, testing locations for COVID-19 include:

• 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the UG Health Department parking lot, 619 Ann Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

• 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Swope Health, 21 N. 12th St., Suite 400, Kansas City, Kansas. Call 816-923-5800 to schedule an appointment.

Several pop-up testing sites are planned this week. Wyandotte County residents may call 913-371-9298 to register for a test.

The days, times and pop-up locations include:

• 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, May 18, All Saints Parish, 811 Vermont Ave., Kansas City, Kansas;

• 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, Turner Recreation Commission, 831 S. 55th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, KC Community Church, 5901 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Holy Name of Jesus Church, 1007 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas, through Swope;

• 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Veritiv, 2552 S. 98th St., Edwardsville, Kansas.

For more information about testing and testing sites, visit https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

More information about the “red zone” rules is online at the ReStart WyCo hub at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/restartwyco.


The ReStart WyCo plan is at https://www.wycokck.org/WycoKCK/media/Health-Department/Documents/Communicable%20Disease/COVID19/RestartWYCOGuidanceDocument043020.pdf.

The UG’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information.


The Kansas COVID-19 website is at https://covid.ks.gov/.


The Kansas COVID-19 resource page is at https://govstatus.egov.com/coronavirus.


Information from the CDC is at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/.

The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Kansas City metro area is listed at a website sponsored by the Mid-America Regional Council at http://marc-gis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/1c93961075454558b3bf0dfad014feae.