KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners has called a special meeting Friday to address the recent wave of new COVID-19 cases.
The county has added thousands of new COVID-19 cases in November as its 14-day positivity rate has spiked to 14.7%, the highest percentage rate at any point in the pandemic.
Board chairman Ed Eilert and commissioners will meet at 1 p.m. to receive updates from health officials at the Johnson County, Kansas, Department of Health and Environment, area school districts and hospitals.
County residents are under a mask mandate that’s set to expire on Nov. 15.
Earlier this week, officials in Kansas’ second-largest county implemented a new wave of restrictions following thousands of new cases reported this month.
The Wichita School District scrapped plans that would have brought middle and high school students back to in-person classes.
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