Sedgwick County passes 700 COVID deaths; Kansas active cluster count drops to new low Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle
Mar. 3 Sedgwick County has now surpassed 700 deaths from COVID-19 as Kansas reported its best coronavirus cluster numbers since August.
As of Wednesday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported that the state has now had pandemic totals of 295,109 confirmed and probable cases, 9,355 hospitalizations, 2,541 ICU admissions and 4,816 deaths. The increase from Monday to Wednesday was 807 new cases, 65 new hospitalizations, 20 new ICU admissions and 73 new deaths.
Sedgwick County, according to the KDHE, has now had 53,830 cases, 1,455 hospitalizations, 424 ICU admissions and 711 deaths. Wednesday s report contained 151 new cases, 23 new hospitalizations, six new ICU admissions and 17 new deaths.
Sedgwick County begins vaccinating residents 65 and older
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Sedgwick County COVID-19 positivity rate at its lowest in 5 months
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After nursing home vaccinations, Kansas has fewer COVID clusters and hospitalizations Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle
Feb. 25 Health officials are crediting vaccination clinics at nursing homes and lower levels of community spread with much of the reduced coronavirus pressure on Kansas hospitals. We have had a dramatic drop-off in the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said during a Tuesday media briefing hosted by the University of Kansas Health System.
Hospitalization COVID-19 statistics have improved so significantly that the KDHE and Kansas Hospital Association last week discontinued their weekly regional hospital reports and teleconferences.