Tag: COVID-19

With school starting today in Wyandotte County, doctors had some advice for students returning in person to school.

Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control at the University of Kansas Health System, recommended that students try to separate themselves from their classmates and keep their masks on. He spoke during a news conference sponsored Tuesday by the KU Health System. Parents should let students know that they should stay within their groups, socially distanced, and everything will be OK, he added.

Dr. Erin Corriveau, deputy medical officer for the Unified Government Health Department, said masks are most important. It’s a simple act of kindness to wear masks, she said, and she hopes students have bene practicing at home.

Pastor Glenn Brady of New Bethel Church at 745 Walker, Kansas City, Kansas, said it’s most important for kids to be courteous, one to another. Part of being courteous is distancing and wearing a mask, he added.

Dr. Steve Stites, chief medical officer for the University of Kansas Health System, said the most important thing is for parents to tell kids, “I love you.” With so many stresses in the world, those words mean more than ever, he said, and they show that parents care about kids and give kids security. Then the kids can show courtesy, kindness and wear masks.

Dr. Corriveau said parents should talk to kids about cohorting, or sticking with the same group of kids they’re with in the classroom. The students should be careful about what they do in their off times and on the weekends, she said. If they’re involved in activities, really encourage mask wearing, she said.

She also said testing keeps people safe by helping to identify the people who have COVID-19, then isolate them so they don’t spread the virus any further.

Recently, according to Dr. Corriveau, the numbers of positive cases have been lower in Wyandotte County. They are still encouraging people to get tested if they have symptoms or have been exposed to a positive case, she said.

Pastor Brady said his church has still not resumed full services at this point. They have online services and also have held some outdoor services, he said.

“From the beginning, we took the attitude of wisdom with faith,” he said.

Wyandotte County reported 12 additional positive COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with a cumulative total of 6,179 cases, according to the Unified Government Health Department’s COVID-19 webpage. There were 118 cumulative deaths reported, the same as Monday.

Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control at the University of Kansas Health System, reported 18 acute COVID-19 patients on Tuesday morning at the KU Health System, with four in the intensive care, down from seven on Friday, and two on ventilators, the same as Friday. Numbers of acute patients dropped to 13 on Monday, Labor Day, and there were six admissions since Monday morning, according to Dr. Hawkinson, with some discharges. There also are non-acute COVID-19 patients at the Health System, including two more on ventilators.

Testing offered Wednesday

Testing will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Judson Baptist Church, 8300 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The pop-up testing is through the Wyandotte County Health Equity Task Force and Vibrant Health.

Testing also will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Health Department parking lot, 6th and Ann, Kansas City, Kansas, weather permitting.

Check with the UG’s website or call 311 to see if there are any changes in the schedule because of weather. Information about testing is at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

The KU doctors’ news conference is at https://www.facebook.com/kuhospital/videos/243674583573888.

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

The KC Region COVID-19 Hub dashboard is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.

The Unified Government Health Department is collecting input on people’s experiences getting tested for COVID-19 in Wyandotte County. The survey is on the UG website at https://us.openforms.com/Form/ea97a450-3d74-4d86-8d1f-6e340d55cf7c.

The UG Health Department new school and sports guidance is online at https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/09042020fallsportsrecommendations.pdf.

A previous UG 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 KDHE’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/.

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

Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday afternoon said she was very concerned at the way COVID-19 case numbers continue to grow.

The governor said last week, there was an increase of 23 deaths in Kansas from Wednesday to Friday, the largest jump since the state began reporting cases on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday, she said.

There also was an increase in the state’s positivity case rate, the governor said. The trends will continue if people are not diligent about COVID-19 mitigation strategies every day, she added.

Gov. Kelly said at the news conference on Monday that it is important to recognize how many people COVID-19 is harming, and that many people are mourning the loss of loved ones. The number of Kansas residents who have been infected, around 47,000, is about the same as the city of Salina’s population, she said. If the number of statewide deaths, 485, were concentrated in one area, she said, the entire city of Argonia would be gone.

As people return to schools this week, with sports practices resuming and college students coming back to school, she said she fears they will continue to see large outbreaks. That’s why she announced last week the state would begin sharing outbreak locations, she said.

By sharing locations, Kansans will be better informed about their communities, she said. Starting Wednesday, Sept. 9, the state will include locations of five or more active cases. For private businesses, the locations of 20 or more cases will be given.

Wyandotte County’s Health Department has already been sharing the locations of outbreaks of five or more cases here, since the start of the pandemic. That information can be found on a map under “Outbreak Locations” on the UG’s COVID-19 web site at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/. Viewers may click on a dot on the map to see the location name, address and number of cases.

“We must continue to be diligent, wear a mask, socially distance and wash your hands,” Gov. Kelly said.

The governor also said she would renew the state of emergency for Kansas when it expires next week.

The governor also recognized all front-line workers during the pandemic on Monday, Labor Day.

She also said that with school starting this week, her administration is behind teachers and students every step of the way. “Regardless of politics, I will fight to put your health and the health of students first,” she said.

Kansas reported 46,914 cases from 105 counties on Monday, Sept. 7, according to Gov. Kelly. It was an increase of 1,694 cases since Friday, according to Gov. Kelly. The state reported 485 total cumulative deaths, an increase of four deaths since Friday, she reported.

Wyandotte County reported 20 additional COVID-19 cases on Monday, Sept. 7, according to the Unified Government COVID-19 website. There were a cumulative 6,167 cases. There also was one additional death reported, for a total of 118 cumulative deaths.

According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment statistics, Johnson County had 9,047 COVID-19 cases on Monday, compared to 8,695 cases on Friday.

Other counties’ totals, according to KDHE, included Sedgwick County, 7,714; Ford County, 2,423; Finney County, 1,827; Leavenworth County, 1,781; Douglas County, 1,600; Shawnee County, 2,387; Seward County, 1,327; Riley County, 1,045; Lyon County, 889; Reno County, 864; Crawford County, 800; Butler County, 686; Ellis County, 641; Saline County, 516.

Testing to resume Tuesday

The UG Health Department will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day, and testing will be closed Monday. Testing will resume from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Health Department parking lot, 6th and Ann, Kansas City, Kansas.

There will be pop-up testing from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at All Saints parish, 811 Vermont, Kansas City, Kansas. The pop-up testing is through the Wyandotte County Health Equity Task Force and Vibrant Health.
Information about testing is at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

Gov. Kelly’s news conference is at https://www.facebook.com/GovLauraKelly/videos/734387933777544.

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

The KC Region COVID-19 Hub dashboard is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.
The Unified Government Health Department is collecting input on people’s experiences getting tested for COVID-19 in Wyandotte County. The survey is on the UG website at https://us.openforms.com/Form/ea97a450-3d74-4d86-8d1f-6e340d55cf7c.

The UG Health Department new school and sports guidance is online at https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/09042020fallsportsrecommendations.pdf.

A previous UG 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 KDHE’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/.

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

The highest COVID-19 case numbers in the last two weeks are in Zip Code 66102 in Wyandotte County, which recorded 117 cases in the past 14 days.

According to the Unified Government’s map showing confirmed cases from the past 14 days by Zip Code, the second highest area was Zip Code 66102, with 75 cases.

Other Zip Codes: 66109, with 64 cases; 66106, with 58 cases; 66103, with 55 cases; 66101, with 42 cases; 66112, with 38 cases; 66111, with 22 cases; 66105, with 15 cases; and 66012, with 13 cases, according to the UG’s map.

Wyandotte County reported an increase of 22 cases on Sunday, Sept. 6, for a cumulative total of 6,147, according to the Unified Government COVID-19 webpage. There was no change to the number of deaths.

The MARC KC Resource COVID-19 Regional Hub reported 35,060 total cases for a nine-county area on Sunday, an increase of 228 cases from Saturday.

Testing to resume Tuesday

The UG Health Department will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day, and testing will be closed Monday. Testing will resume from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Health Department parking lot, 6th and Ann, Kansas City, Kansas.

There will be pop-up testing from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at All Saints parish, 811 Vermont, Kansas City, Kansas. The pop-up testing is through the Wyandotte County Health Equity Task Force and Vibrant Health.

Information about testing is at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

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

The KC Region COVID-19 Hub dashboard is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.

The Unified Government Health Department is collecting input on people’s experiences getting tested for COVID-19 in Wyandotte County. The survey is on the UG website at https://us.openforms.com/Form/ea97a450-3d74-4d86-8d1f-6e340d55cf7c.

The UG Health Department new school and sports guidance is online at https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/09042020fallsportsrecommendations.pdf.

A previous UG 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 KDHE’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/.

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