Kansas City COVID Scare Fades

Almost NOBODY is wearing the mask and, thankfully, the numbers seem to confirm that we might be at the end of pandemic fear . . . At least until the next election cycle . . . Check-it . . .

COVID-19 cases remained relatively steady in the metro this week as hospitalizations for the virus wane slightly. Experts are still recommending the latest bivalent booster shot to help protect against the latest COVID-19 strains.

“We have to remember that COVID is still with us along with the other respiratory viruses. influenza and RSV, this season,” said Dr. Wissam El Atrouni, an infectious disease physician at the University of Kansas Health System, in a Monday news briefing. “Fortunately, the numbers are going down nationally and (are) stable at KU as far as hospitalizations.”

The latest COVID-19 data in the Kansas City area . . .

Local health departments reported 879 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, down from 895 the previous week. That brings the metro’s seven-day average down to around 126 new cases per day, compared to around 128 per day the previous week.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

COVID case numbers and hospitalizations stagnate in Kansas City at the end of January

COVID-19 cases remained relatively steady in the metro this week as hospitalizations for the virus wane slightly. Experts are still recommending the latest bivalent booster shot to help protect against the latest COVID-19 strains. "We have to remember that COVID is still with us along with the other respiratory viruses.

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