JOHNSON COUNTY — Johnson County Community Health Services has released information in relation to the age and location of the confirmed positive cases of coronavirus in Johnson County as of Friday, Sept. 24.
According to the local COVID-19 dashboard, the county's death count is currently at 68.
JCCHS states that of the 6,761 confirmed positive cases in the county, 6,543 cases are considered recovered while 218 are still active. The case count is an increase of 169 cases since Friday, Sept. 17.
One hundred and eighty-five cases have been considered recovered since Sept. 17. To be considered recovered, the Johnson County Task Force states a person who has tested positive must be seven days post-onset of symptoms and 72 hours fever free without the use of fever-reducing medication.
JCCHS stated the total number of administered tests as of Sept. 24 were 59,067 PCR tests and 48,752 antigen tests.
The seven-day positivity rate for the county is 13.3% for PCR tests.
The state’s COVID-19 dashboard states 28.1% of Johnson County is fully vaccinated, 17,127 residents have received their first dose and 15,210 residents have completed their vaccine.
Of the 6,761 total cases reported by JCCHS, 3,868 came from Warrensburg for a total of 57.2% of the total cases. Of the positive cases, 3,130 were PCR tests and 738 were antigen tests.
JCCHS states that 3,781, 97.8%, of the cases reported in Warrensburg were recovered while 87 were still active.
Of the remaining cases in the county, JCCHS states there were:
JCCHS also broke down the number of cases by age group.
As of Sept. 24, of the 6,761 cases in the county, 1,168 of those cases had been reported from those ages 20 to 24. The age group with the second most reported cases was the age group of 10 to 19 with 982 cases.
Case numbers for all age groups include: