KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Though the calendar has flipped to November, the new month hasn't put a pause on the steadily rising number of new COVID-19 cases reported in Missouri, Kansas and the Kansas City area.
In Missouri, state and local health departments combined to add 2,840 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, pushing the state’s total to 196,226. The number of new cases added is the third-highest single-day total since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a 41 Action News data analysis. Only the single-day totals from last Thursday and Friday are higher.
Seven new deaths were added to the state’s total, which now stands at 3,162.
In Kansas, state and local health departments combined to add 3,666 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the state’s total past 90,000 to 90,279. Today’s figure is not only the highest single-day report ever, it’s 18% higher than the previous record single-day report, which was set on Friday. It’s also the highest single-day report of new cases in both Kansas and Missouri.
Seventeen new deaths were added to the state’s total, which now stands at 1,046.
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In the Kansas City area, state and local health departments combined to add 1,371 new cases, pushing the area’s total past 60,000 to 60,638. Today’s figure is not only the highest single-day report ever for the area, it’s 20% higher than the previous record single-day report, which was set last Wednesday.
Eight new deaths were added to the area’s total, which now stands at 856.
Finally, a focus on Johnson County, Kansas: Since Friday’s state report, the county has added 705 new COVID-19 cases to its total, which now stands at 16,522. On Oct. 2, the county reported 11,800 COVID-19 cases, meaning that in just one month, the number of COVID-19 cases in the county has jumped by just more than 40%.
Additionally, Johnson County added eight new deaths on Monday, pushing the county’s total to 213 people lost since the beginning of the pandemic.
