JCCHS updates demographic information of 5,363 total COVID-19 cases reported

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, July 30.

According to the local COVID-19 dashboard, the county's death count is currently at 59.

JCCHS states that of the 5,363 confirmed positive cases in the county, 5,209 cases are considered recovered while 154 are still active.

The case count is an increase of 95 cases since Monday, July 26. Ninety-seven have been considered recovered since July 26.

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 30 were 50,403 PCR tests and 39,456 Antigen tests.

The seven-day positivity rate for the county is 14.8% for PCR tests. The rate is 10.7% for all tests, including Antigen tests.

The state’s COVID-19 dashboard states 22.4% of Johnson County is fully vaccinated, 14,028 residents have received their first dose and 12,128 residents have completed their vaccine.

Of the 5,363 total cases reported by JCCHS, 3,205 came from Warrensburg for a total of 59.8% of the total cases. Of the positive cases, 2,668 were PCR tests and 537 were Antigen tests.

JCCHS states that 3,125, 97.5%, of the cases reported in Warrensburg were recovered while 80 were still active.

Of the remaining cases in the county, JCCHS states there were:

• 700 total cases (13.1% of cases in the county; 575 positives from PCR tests and 125 positives from Antigen tests) reported in communities in the county with a population of 2,500 people or less, 680 were recovered (97.1% in that category) while 20 were still active;
• 561 total cases (10.5% of cases in the county; 478 positives from PCR tests and 83 positives from Antigen tests) reported in Knob Noster, 536 were recovered (95.5% of cases in Knob Noster) while 25 were still active;
• 598 total cases (11.2% of cases in the county; 418 positives from PCR tests and 180 positives from Antigen tests) reported in Holden, 580 were recovered (97% of cases in Holden) while 18 were still active; 
• 299 total cases (5.6% of cases in the county; 232 positives from PCR tests and 67 positives from Antigen tests) reported in Kingsville, 288 were recovered (96.3% of cases in Kingsville) while 11 were still active.

JCCHS also broke down the number of cases by age groups.

As of July 30, of the 5,363 cases in the county, 1,011 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 725 cases.

Case numbers for all age groups include:

• 154 from the age group of 0 to 9;
• 725 from the age group of 10 to 19;
• 1,011 from the age group of 20 to 24;
• 451 from the age group of 25 to 29;
• 372 from the age group of 30 to 34;
• 372 from the age group of 35 to 39;
• 350 from the age group of 40 to 44;
• 300 from the age group of 45 to 49; 
• 314 from the age group of 50 to 54;
• 319 from the age group of 55 to 59;
• 271 from the age group of 60 to 64;
• 207 from the age group of 65 to 69;
• 152 from the age group of 70 to 74;
• 130 from the age group of 75 to 79; and
• 235 from the age group of 80 years of age and older.