The University of Kansas Health System, based in Kansas City, reports another drop in the number COVID-19 patients being treated at its hospitals this past week. A total of 55 patients includes 23 people with the active virus and 32 who are still hospitalized because of COVID-19 but are out of the acute infection phase.
In addition, HaysMed had a total of 13 COVID-19 inpatients on Friday, down from 14 on Thursday, with eight of those active patients and five in the recovery phase, UKHS reported.
On Friday’s UKHS Morning Media Update, a panel of physicians answered questions, including one about the difficulty people are having getting COVID-19 vaccine.
“Right now, supply is still a challenge, but with a third vaccine likely coming soon it will ease the problem,” a panelist said.
The Food and Drug Administration’s expert panel was scheduled Friday to review the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 12.7% of Kansans – 370,500 people – have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Friday morning. A total of 544,262 doses have been administered, including 173,742 second doses.
There have been 293,663 COVID-19 cases in Kansas, resulting in 9,249 hospitalizations and 4,735 deaths statewide as of Friday morning. There were 826 new cases, 11 new deaths and 60 new hospitalizations reported since Wednesday, Feb. 24.
The total number of confirmed and probable cases for area counties, followed by total deaths, as of Friday:
• Barton 2,572 cases (+7 since Wednesday), 48 deaths (unchanged)
• Ellsworth 1,206 (+0), 24 (+1)
• Pawnee 1,132, 14 (no changes)
• Rice 1,052 (+2), 12 (+0)
• Rush 424, 13 (no changes)
• Russell 839 (+4), 27 (+0)
• Stafford 333, 9 (no changes)
To date, Barton County has had 85 people hospitalized due to COVID-19; there were 20 intensive care unit admissions and seven uses of mechanical ventilation. Fifty-nine patient discharges were reported to KDHE.
The number of Barton County hospitalizations by age:
- 0-9 years, 2 (2.4%)
- 25-34 years, 2 (2.4%)
- 35-44 years, 1 (1.2%)
- 45-54 years, 10 (11.8%)
- 55-64 years, 21 (24.7%)
- 65-74 years, 20 (23.5%)
- 75-84 years, 14 (16.5%)
- 85+ years, 15 (17.6%)
