Staff Report
Dec 23 COVID-19 update from the health department
Douglas County reported 6,079 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 61 cases since Tuesday.
In Douglas County, 5,275 out of the 6,079 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 804 cases are active.
The county has averaged about 42 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 41.86 new cases per day is down from a recent high of 77 cases per day in mid-November and up from a recent low of 17 cases per day in mid-October.
Staff Report
Douglas County reported 6,146 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, an increase of 67 cases since Wednesday.
In Douglas County, 5,261 out of the 6,146 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 885 cases are active.
Twenty-one patients at Lawrence’s hospital had COVID-19 on Thursday, one fewer than Wednesday. To date, 31 Douglas County residents have died of COVID-19. Since March, 178 residents have been hospitalized with the virus.
Staff Report
Dec. 22 COVID-19 update from the health department
Douglas County reported 6,018 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, an increase of 44 cases since Monday.
In Douglas County, 5,192 out of the 6,018 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 826 cases are active.
The county has averaged about 41 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 40.57 new cases per day is down from a recent high of 77 cases per day in mid-November and up from a recent low of 17 cases per day in mid-October.
Stephen Koranda, Kansas News Service
photo by: Stephen Koranda/Kansas News Service
Federal money recently helped pay for COVID-19 testing in downtown Lawrence.
In northern Lawrence, the city set up 20 white and gray tents in a park to house people who are homeless.
It’s not health care or COVID-19 tests, but federal coronavirus tax dollars are paying for the camp.
“If we put our homeless population into the shelter, there’s a higher chance that they’ll get the virus and then they’ll spread it across the community,” Douglas County Commission Chair Patrick Kelly said.
The camp marks but one example of the creative ways communities are using the federal money. They scrambled to spend the cash before a deadline at the end of December, but Congress is now giving them more time. Restrictions also mean that money can’t go to some of the top priorities in local budgets.
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