Printer Friendly
Email to a Friend
(KAIR)--Only five of the 105 counties in Kansas are not placed in the high division when it comes to the number of coronavirus cases identified by state health officials. That means the majority of the state, including all of the local area. is listed in the high class, meaning 100 coronavirus cases per 100,000.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment explains those figures come through what's known as the Weekly Cumulative Index Rate. The state health department calculates the weekly cumulative incidence rate by summing the number of new COVID-19 cases with a symptom onset date for a weeklong period, divided by the population in the county and multiplied by 100,000.
The dominant High Case class is among four classifications used: Low, Moderate, Substantial, and High.
The latest Kansas figures reflect the reporting period beginning July 16 and ending July 22.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Charges filed against former Valley Falls Police Chief
Separate wrecks injure teens, dump truck driver
Driver of stolen truck arrested
"A substantial amount" of fake cash recovered in Atchison
Man missing from Jefferson Co found in OK
10-year-old St. Joseph child shot, hospitalized
Holton Community Hospital asking for community support
Nemaha Co Administrator resigns
Five injured, including two critically, in St. Joseph crash
One injured, one arrested, after Atchison fight
Troy man convicted of sexual battery
Topeka woman arrested in Jackson Co on meth charge
A Saturday of celebrations planned in Atchison
Richardson County Fair royalty crowned
Pentagon funds test drilling at NioCorp mine site
Flags fly in KS for political violence remembrance
Saturday special session reschedules Atchison Co budget hearing
Funding awarded for Doniphan Co bridge project
LATEST STORIES
Two local lakes added to public health advisory list
Senator Moran tours Kickapoo Nation School
Flags fly in KS for political violence remembrance
K-9 field survey planned in Nemaha Co
Five injured, including two critically, in St. Joseph crash
Troy man convicted of sexual battery
Atchison's International Forest of Friendship to celebrate 49th
Hiawatha, Ks 66434