The COVID-19 public health emergency declaration ended on May 11. This declaration allowed the government to respond quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing financial barriers related to care. According to
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The Kansas City Region COVID-19 Data Hub has shifted to weekly reporting on Tuesdays only. The change began the week of July 4. Rationale: A majority of the jurisdictions that
Read more In early April 2022, the states of Missouri and Kansas began recognizing COVID-19 as endemic. Endemic does not mean the end of COVID-19. In public health, the term endemic refers
Read more On April 1, 2022, the state of Missouri began recognizing COVID-19 as endemic, according to the Department of Health and Senior Services website. Endemic does not mean the end of
Read more Hospital inpatient bed utilization data has been added to the Kansas City Region COVID-19 Data Hub. Hospital data displayed on the hub is sourced through HHS TeleTracking. Rationale: The Centers
Read more New vaccination fields have been added to the Kansas City Region COVID-19 Data Hub to give visibility to the count of individuals and percentage of the population who have received
Read more The Kansas City Region COVID-19 Data Hub is shifting to weekday-only reporting and is eliminating Saturday, Sunday, and holiday updates. The change will begin the weekend of April 2. Rationale:
Read more COVID-19 highlights for the week of 3/17/22: What’s Happening? Cases continue to decrease throughout most of the United States, including the Kansas City Region. However, global COVID cases have started to
Read more COVID-19 highlights for the week of 3/10/22: What’s Happening? Cases continue to decrease in the HCC Metro and HCC N-S. New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19 continue to decrease but remain
Read more COVID-19 highlights for the week of 3/3/22: What’s Happening? Cases and hospitalizations continue to decrease in the Metro region, but still remain very high. New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19 continue to decrease, however,
Read more COVID-19 highlights for the week of 02/24/2022: What’s Happening? Cases and hospitalizations continue to decrease in the Metro region, but still remain very high. New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19 continue to decrease, however,
Read more COVID-19 highlights for the week of 02/14/2022: What’s Happening? Cases and hospitalizations continue to decrease in the Metro region, but still remain very high. New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19 continue to decrease, however,
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