KANSAS CITY, Mo. — New data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Division of Emergency Management shows the daily COVID-19 case-rate trend is increasing in 13 counties.
Gov. Laura Kelly and KDHE Secretary Dr. Lee Norman centered their Monday briefing on a map detailing the state’s most recent case trends.
Atchison, Douglas and Franklin counties were among those with increasing rates.
In Leavenworth, Johnson and Wyandotte counties, the daily case rate trend is decreasing, according to the data.
The map also color-codes counties depending on their reopening plan.
Many of the counties shown to have increasing case rates had a modified phased reopening plan or no reopening plan in place.
“If we do not treat this threat seriously, more lives will be lost,” Kelly said, urging counties to follow the suggested Ad Astra Recovery Plan. “It will halt the reopening of our economy and prevent our children from returning to school. I can promise you that your state government will continue to remain committed to being guided by data and providing communities with the resources they need to respond to the, to the virus now, and be ready for its reemergence.”
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