According to county data, COVID positivity is now 6.1%, compared to 2.2% a month ago, but officials caution that's likely an undercount, given that most testing is now being done at home and people may not be reporting their results.
COVID-19 variant BA.2 is in Johnson County, Kansas, and it's having an effect, according to Johnson County Department of Health and Environment epidemiologist Elizabeth Holzschuh.
MISSION, Kan. (AP) Nursing homes are facing COVID-19 outbreaks, schools are closing and hospitals in the Kansas City area are seeing so many deaths that they are raising alarms about morgue capacity.