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 Monday, July 26.
According to the local COVID-19 dashboard, the county's death count is currently at 59.
JCCHS states that of the 5,268 confirmed positive cases in the county, 5,112 cases are considered recovered while 156 are still active.
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 July 26 were 49,946 PCR tests and 38,889 Antigen tests.
The seven-day positivity rate for the county is 18.2% for PCR tests. The rate is 15.6% for all tests, including Antigen tests.
The state’s COVID-19 dashboard states 22.2% of Johnson County is fully vaccinated, 13,745 residents have received their first dose and 12,208 residents have completed their vaccine.
Of the 5,268 total cases reported by JCCHS, 3,158 came from Warrensburg for a total of 59.9% of the total cases. Of the positive cases, 2,639 were PCR tests and 519 were Antigen tests.
JCCHS states that 3,074, 97.3%, of the cases reported in Warrensburg were recovered while 84 were still active.
Of the remaining cases in the county, JCCHS states there were:
JCCHS also broke down the number of cases by age groups.
As of July 26, of the 5,268 cases in the county, 991 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 712 cases.
Case numbers for all age groups include: