Here are the local COVID-19 numbers for Wednesday, April 22, 2020:
Kansas, with a total population of more than 2.9 million people, has more than 2,200 positive cases of the virus, up 9% from Tuesday.
Among those tested in the state, 89% have tested negative for the coronavirus, and 11% positive. The percentage of positive tests increased slightly from the day before.
The state says 24% of cases have required hospitalization, as the hospitalization rate has dropped by 1%; 0.7% of Kansas residents have been tested.
There have been more than 400 hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Kansas, up 3% from Tuesday; that's a slower rate from the day before. Among those hospitalized in Kansas with the virus, 25.5% have resulted in death; that's the same rate as the previous day.
Three more patients died from the virus since Tuesday (down from seven on Monday), bringing the state's total to 110 deaths. Among the positive cases in Kansas, fewer than 5% have resulted in death; that percentage is slightly lower from Tuesday.
Sedgwick County is reporting more than 280 positive cases, up 5.6% from Tuesday. There have now been five COVID-19 deaths in Sedgwick County; among the cases in Sedgwick County, 1.8% have resulted in death (a slightly higher rate from the previous day).
39% of the state's positive cases are coming from Johnson and Wyandotte counties in northeast Kansas, a decrease from the previous day.
Fewer than 14% of the state's positive cases have been recorded in Sedgwick County and its surrounding counties; that rate has decreased as well.
The age range with the most positive cases in Kansas (21%) are those between the ages of 20-34. However, in that age range, only 4% of cases require hospitalization.
The average age for COVID-19 hospitalizations in Kansas is 64.
