The Kansas Department of Health and Environment released its weekly COVID-19 updates on Wednesday and continued to show Pawnee County with a “high” rate of new cases.

To date, Kansas has had 806,934 COVID-19 cases, resulting in 8,952 deaths statewide as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 29. There were 4,988 new cases and seven new deaths reported since Wednesday, June 22.

The weekly Cumulate Incidence Rate for the period of June 18-24 shows the number of new cases in area counties:

• Barton 23, ranked “substantial” (50-99 cases per 100,000 people)

• Ellsworth 1, “moderate” (10-49 cases per 100,000)

• Pawnee 33, “high” (100 or more cases per 100,000)

• Rice 20,  “high”

• Rush 0, “low”

• Russell 6, “substantial”

• Stafford 2, “moderate” (10-49 cases per 100,000)

Although data for more recent days is expected to be incomplete, here are the area totals as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, with any change from June 22:

• Barton 6,625 (+15)

• Ellsworth 2,033 (+2)

• Pawnee 2,226 (+18)

• Rice 2,676 (+21)

• Rush 818

• Russell 1,902 (+3)

• Stafford 1,174 (+4)