State reports 5,234 additional COVID-19 cases

Kansas reported an additional 5,234 COVID-19 cases from Wednesday to Friday, Nov. 27, for a cumulative 153,021, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

There were an additional 26 deaths since Wednesday, for a cumulative 1,529 statewide, according to the KDHE statistics.

On Friday, Wyandotte County reported an additional 141 COVID-19 cases for a cumulative total of 10,851, according to the Unified Government COVID-19 webpage. There were no additional deaths Friday, with the cumulative total at 178.

According to the Mid-America Regional Council Kansas City Region COVID-19 dashboard, there were 87,178 COVID-19 cumulative cases on Friday, an additional 727 cases, in the nine-county Greater Kansas City area. There were 1,073 deaths, an increase of one. There were 166 daily average new hospitalizations in the nine-county area.

The United States had 13,088,821 cumulative COVID-19 cases on Friday, Nov. 27, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard. There were a total 264,848 deaths in the United States on Friday.

According to the KDHE, Sedgwick County (the Wichita area) has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, followed by Johnson County. Wyandotte County is third highest. KDHE reported these case numbers Friday:

Sedgwick County 27,049

Johnson County, 26,731

Wyandotte County 11,412

Shawnee County 7,546

Reno County 4,872

Ford County 4,598

Douglas County 4,542

Finney County 4,036

Leavenworth County 3,729

Butler County 3,354

Riley County 2,747

Seward County 2,611

Lyon County 2,598

Saline County 2,360

Crawford County 2,350

Ellis County, 2,347

Harvey County 1,796

Barton County 1,652

Cowley County 1,579

McPherson County 1,380

Montgomery County 1,128

Cherokee County 1,114

Franklin County 1,091

Norton County 1,048

Miami County 1,013

Nemaha County 1,012


COVID-19 testing available Monday

Free COVID-19 testing by the UG Health Department will be available on Monday, Nov. 30. For more information, visit https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.


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.


The new 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.