Shawnee County saw another drop in COVID-19 cases as it sits in the first phase of the vaccination plan.
COVID-19 cases have continued to drop since cases reached near-record highs the week after Thanksgiving. The county had 1,053 cases between Nov. 29 and Dec. 5, but has only 579 cases between Dec. 20-26.
Positivity rates also dropped down to 9.9%, which is the first time in weeks positivity rates dropped below the “uncontrolled” metric on the scorecard.
Craig Barnes, division manager of the Community Health Outreach and Planning department, said the case totals are still in the “uncontrolled” range, but he said Shawnee County citizens have done a much better job of following restrictions.
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A man wears masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as he looks at a holiday display on a mild day Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, in a park in Lenexa.
TOPEKA Two northeastern Kansas counties are backing off mask mandates they imposed last month as coronavirus cases surged, and officials set up a clinic in an arena in the state’s largest city to vaccinate thousands of health care workers.
Against the advice of public health officials, county commissioners in Brown and Jackson counties dropped mandates requiring people to wear masks, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. But in south-central Kansas, Reno County commissioners kept a mask mandate in place.
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