Covid-19 : Three new deaths, 236 new COVID-19 circumstances reported in county since final Wednesday | Information, Sports activities, Jobs
photograph by: Lawrence-Douglas County Public Well being
Nov. 30 COVID-19 replace from the well being division
Three extra Douglas County residents have died from COVID-19, in accordance with the well being division’s Monday replace concerning the virus, which means 25 residents complete have been killed by the virus.
Beforehand, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Well being introduced that 22 folks — six residents between the ages of 65 and 74, three residents between the ages of 75 and 84 and 13 residents age 85 or older — had died from COVID-19 or with the virus as a contributing issue of their deaths.
The three deaths since final Wednesday included a feminine within the 65-to-74 age vary and a male and a feminine within the 75-to-84 age vary. All three residents had been hospitalized on the time of their deaths, well being division spokesperson George Diepenbrock stated. LMH Well being reported two new COVID-19 deaths at its hospital on Thursday and one new demise on Friday.
Douglas County reported 4,880 circumstances of COVID-19 as of Monday, a rise of 236 circumstances since Wednesday. (Due to the Thanksgiving vacation, the well being division didn’t ship out virus updates on Thursday or Friday.) Of the 4,880 circumstances, 3,582 are inactive or past the infectious interval, which means 1,298 circumstances are energetic.
The county has averaged 59 new circumstances per day during the last 14 days, in accordance with a 14-day shifting common graph up to date weekdays by the well being division. The present common of 58.93 new circumstances per day is down from a current excessive of 74 circumstances per day in mid-November and up from a current low of 17 circumstances per day in mid-October.
Douglas County’s 14-day shifting common take a look at positivity fee is at 6.9%. It’s down from a current excessive of about 13% in early November and up from a current low of 4.9% in mid-October.
Twenty-three sufferers at Lawrence’s hospital had COVID-19 on Monday, two fewer than Wednesday.
KDHE’s on-line map famous that 41,149 Douglas County residents had been examined for the illness to this point. The county’s testing fee per 1,000 folks was 336.6.
photograph by: Lawrence-Douglas County Public Well being
Douglas County’s 14-day shifting common PCR take a look at positivity fee as of Nov. 30.
