1 NEW DEATH – 4,660 VACCINES RECEIVED
By William
MCPHERSON – On Tuesday afternoon, the McPherson County Health Department released the newest Coronavirus/COVID-19 Report and the first for the month of March, it shoes just 19 new cases since the report released five days earlier.
More good news comes from the report noting that only 1 individual is currently hospitalized due to the pandemic.
The report did acknowledge 1 more individual has died from the Coronavirus/COVID-19 or complications caused by it.
Full breakdown of all the numbers are as follows.
CASES TESTING POSITIVE & OTHER DATA #’S as of Tuesday, March 2:
With Tuesday’s report, McPherson County has now recorded a total of 3,166 positive cases overall.
Of those 3,166 cases, 3,050 are now considered recovered according to the recovery guidelines set forth by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment or passed away while sick. This means the cases in McPherson County that are still considered active is 116.
Tuesday’s report did show that McPherson County now has just 1 individual currently hospitalized due to the Coronavirus/COVID-19, while also reporting 1 new death.
VACCINE INFORMATION (As reported Tuesday, March 2):
Total COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Received at MCHD since December 21, 2020:
- 4,660
Doses Scheduled/Administered at MCHD:
- 2,010
Doses Transferred to Providers from MCHD:
- 2,650
UPDATED CASE DATA (# change since last report on Thursday, February 25):
- New cases since last public release = 19
- Asymptomatic Cases = 66 (+ 1)
- Cases with an unknown exposure = 1,506 (+ 10)
- Cases involving those individuals 60 years and older = 971 (+ 7)
- Cases involving those individuals 50-59 years old = 433 (+ 1)
- Cases involving those individuals 40-49 years old = 407 (+ 1)
- Cases involving those individuals 30-39 years old = 399 (+ 3)
- Cases involving those individuals 18-29 years old = 635 (+ 4)
- Cases involving those individuals under 18 years old = 321 (+ 3)
- Female involved cases = 1,655 (+ 11)
- Male involved cases = 1,506 (+ 3)
- Those cases requiring Hospitalization (May not represent current hospitalizations) = 127 (no change)
- Those cases requiring ventilation (May not represent any current ventilated cases) = 21 (no change)
- Those cases resulting an individual’s death = 81 (+ 1)
- Male COVID patients who have died by ages (54 total, change of + 1): 90+ (9); 80-89 (19); 70-79 (13); 60-69 (7); 50-59 (1); 40-49 (2); 30-39 (2)
- Female COVID patients who have died by age (27 total, no change): 90+ (10); 80-89 (11); 70-79 (3); 60-69 (3); 50-59 (0); 40-49 (0); 30-39 (0)
REGARDING & EVALUATING THE SCHOOL YEAR:
The McPherson County Health Department is working closely with key partners to evaluate the school year.
It is our goal to continue to keep the community informed.
The percent of positive cases out of how many McPherson County residents were tested during a 14-day period will facilitate the McPherson County Health Department recommendations.
Previously, the McPherson County Health Department would remove those being tested for preoperational reasons from the total number of those tested to better gauge the number of ill patients that were positive for COVID-19.
Starting September 11, the McPherson County Health Department will no longer remove preoperational tests from the number reported to represent community spread data more accurately.
The data reported below are not the only data that influences the recommendation to move to more-or-less restrictions.
Criteria that will influence the recommendation to move schools to more or less restrictive measures can be found on http://www.mcphersoncountyks.us on the home page under “COVID-19: Reopening McPherson County.”
Data has been updated to reflect the above-mentioned changes includes:
Dates # New Positives # Tested % Positive % Positive w/o Pre-Ops
6/19 to 7/12 22 449 4.89% 5.47%
7/13 to 7/26 30 312 9.61% 11.49%
7/27 to 8/9 32 311 10.28% 12.64%
8/10 to 8/23 20 282 7.09% 8.62%
8/24 to 9/6 38 321 11.83% 14.39%
9/7 to 9/20 38 419 9.06% 10.10%
9/21 to 10/4 21 394 5.32% 6.12%
10/5 to 10/18 62 446 13.90% N/A
10/19 to 11/1 184 575 32.00% N/A
11/2 to 11/15 521 1,227 42.46% N/A
11/16 to 11/29 491 918 53.48% N/A
11/30 to 12/13 493 730 67.53% N/A
12/14 to 12/27 341 832 40.98% N/A
12/28 to 1/10 300 848 35.37 N/A
1-11 to 1-24 245 598 40.96 N/A
1-25 to 2-7 152 458 33.18 N/A
2-8 to 2-21* 76 276 27.43 N/A
*=Numbers may change as more results are reported to the McPherson County Health Department from those time periods.
(Editor’s Note) While some of the following information may seem repetitious, it is still incredibly important for people to continue reading, processing, and acknowledging the situation and severity of the coronavirus.
CURRENT TRAVEL QUARANTINES GUIDELINES:
Both the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and the McPherson County Health Department have updated their listing of required quarantine after traveling out of state.
They continue to mandate a 10-day home quarantine for Kansans if you have done any of the following:
- Attended/traveled to a mass gathering event (out-of-state) of 500 people or greater where individuals did not do six-foot distancing and wear face masks.
- Traveled on a cruise ship or a river cruise.
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