As of 9 a.m. Friday, Kansas has had 769,218 COVID-19 cases, resulting in 19,849 hospitalizations and 8,146 statewide deaths. There were 172 new cases, 74 new hospitalizations and 58 new deaths reported since Wednesday. This includes one new death on Barton County,  the third death reported for the week.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updates its data three times a week and notes that the numbers are preliminary and subject to quality improvement and quality assurance validation.

Three area counties saw their case totals reduced by one or two cases on Friday and three counties saw no new cases since Wednesday. The seventh area county, Stafford, saw only one new case since Wednesday.

Here are case totals for area counties as of 9 a.m. Friday, with any change since Wednesday:

• Barton 6,481 (-1) 

• Ellsworth 2,013 (-1)

• Pawnee 2,119 (-2)

• Rice 2,608 (+0)

• Rush 806 (+0)

• Russell 1,873 (+0)

• Stafford 1,135 (+1)

Area deaths

Here are the COVID-related death totals for area counties as of 9 a.m. Friday, with any change since Wednesday.

• Barton 89 (+1) 

• Ellsworth 31

• Pawnee 24 

• Rice 22 

• Rush 18

• Russell 37 

• Stafford 26

Hospitalizations

The Great Bend Tribune also reports on COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Barton, Pawnee and Stafford counties. There were unchanged Friday.

• As of 9 a.m. Friday, Barton County has reported 176 hospitalizations attributed to COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, including 32 intensive care unit (ICU) admissions to date, and 114 discharged patients reported to KDHE. These numbers have not changed since Monday, March 7.

• Pawnee County has reported 77 hospital admissions, 15 ICU admissions and 51 discharged patients to date. These numbers have not changed since Friday, March 11. 

• Stafford County has reported 36 hospital admissions, 15 ICU admissions and 23 discharged patients to date. These numbers have not changed since Jan. 5.