By The Examiner staff
After a few weeks of slight increases, new COVID-19 cases dipped in Eastern Jackson County over the past week.
According to the Jackson County Health Department, which covers the county outside Kansas City, the rolling 14-day positive test percentage in Eastern Jackson stood at 6.3 percent as of Sunday, down from 6.6 the previous two weeks. That figured had dropped as low as 3.3 percent earlier in the spring. At the end of January, the rolling positive test percentage in EJC was at 25 percent.
The rolling seven-day average of new cases dropped from 47 last week to 35 as of Sunday, the lowest since 38 a month ago.
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By The Examiner staff
New COVID-19 cases continue to inch higher in Eastern Jackson County, and new hospitalizations due have generally remained steady for a month after a steady drop over the first three months of the year.
According to the Jackson County Health Department, which covers the county outside Kansas City, the rolling 14-day positive test percentage in Eastern Jackson rose again to 6.6 percent last of Sunday, up from 5.7 percent last week after dropping as low as 3.3 percent several weeks ago. At the end of January, the rolling positive test percentage in EJC was at 25 percent.
The rolling seven-day average of new cases again rose slightly, from 38 last week to 40 as of Sunday. Three weeks ago, that average was 24. As of Sunday, the county Health Department had confirmed 31,284 cases (up 253 from last week) and 465 deaths (four more this week) across Eastern Jackson County since the pandemic began. The county’s dashboard includes Independence.
Evergy moving away from coal, but health advocates say too slowly
By Allison Kite
Missouri Independent
Evergy, an electric supplier to about 600,000 customers in western Missouri, says it will retire its coal power plant in Lawrence, Kansas, by the end of 2023.
The utility, which serves Eastern Jackson County outside Independence, revealed its plan to regulators in a filing with the Missouri Public Service Commission. The “integrated resource plan” lays out Evergy’s next few years in capital expenses and pledges to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045.
To that end, the company says it will retire “nearly all” of its remaining coal generation by 2040.