COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES: KDHE drops Maine, Minnesota, Colorado from travel quarantine list
Here are the latest COVID-19 updates in the Kansas City metro area Share Updated: 11:47 AM CDT Jun 3, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff
Here are the latest COVID-19 updates in the Kansas City metro area Share Updated: 11:47 AM CDT Jun 3, 2021
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Show Transcript WEEKEND AS WELL. DONNA: FEELING LIKE SUMMER. THANK U.YO TURNING TO THE PANDEMIC HERE’S THE WEEKLY AVERAGE OF NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES SPREAD ACROSS OUR 9 COUNTY AREA. THE HIGHEST NUMBERS ARE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND KANSAS CI,TY MISSOURI, FOLLOWED BY JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS. JOHNSON COUNTY ALSO REPORTS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATIONS. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAILY NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS IS DOWN TO 48. TWO COUNTIES IN NORTHERN MISSOURI HAVE COVID-19 CASE RATES AROUND 10 TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE. THE HEALTH OFFICIALSN I LIVINGSTON AND LINN COUNTIES BLAME VARIANTS OF THVIRUSE FI RST
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Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health and CEO, reported that as of June 1, 53 per cent of HPEC residents received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
He told the HPE Board of Health Wednesday in a virtual meeting that the province, recognizing that HPEPH received vaccine much later than other regions, is now allocating a consistent and increasing supply of vaccine to our region. He did note, however, that HPEPH has the capacity to administer more vaccines than our current allocation.
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