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.