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Statewide COVID-19 statistics updated
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Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers as of Monday, Aug. 2. These are preliminary numbers, subject to change.

There have been 334,636 cases from 105 counties (including 1,703 new cases since last Friday) with 5,266 deaths reported as of 9 a.m.

• There have been 11,737 of 172,639 cases that have been hospitalized.

• There have been 1,178,030 negative diagnostic tests conducted at KDHE and private labs.

• Age range is 0 years to 109 years (median 39 years).

• There have been 39,243 positive tests at KHEL and 230,017 at private labs.

• 173,842 cases are female and 159,979 are male and 815 unknown.

Total cases for area counties:

• Barton 2,720 (+14 since Friday, July 30, +41 since Monday, July 26)

• Ellsworth 1,224 (+0, +2)

• Pawnee 1,178 (+0, -4)

• Rice 1,098 (+3, +9)

• Rush 443 (+2, +5)

• Russell 889 (+0, +1)

• Stafford 369 (+5, +13)