COVID-19 case numbers at a high plateau, according to health secretary The Unified Government and Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, with residents, joined with the nation on Tuesday night in a nationwide lighting memorial to honor the more than 400,000 American lives lost to COVID-19. Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, City Hall and the Wyandotte County Courthouse were lit in memory of the COVID-19 victims. (Photo from Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department) COVID-19 case numbers in Kansas are trending down, according to Dr. Lee Norman, Kansas secretary of health. Dr. Norman, speaking at the University of Kansas Health System news conference on Tuesday, said the Kansas case per capita rate is one of the best in the nation. The coasts and the South are increasing in their numbers of cases currently, he said.