TOPEKA— The Kansas Department of Health reported 3,952 new coronavirus cases in Kansas on Friday. That is more than twice as many new COVID-19 cases than the state reported Labor Day weekend a year ago.
On September 4, 2020, the KDHE reported 1,280 new cases and 23 new deaths. Three days later on Labor Day, Monday September 7, the state reported 1,694 new virus cases and 4 additional deaths.
The state has reported a total of 377,123 virus cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Last Friday, the state reported 49 new COVID-19 deaths for a total of 5,630.
Due to the Labor Day holiday, the KDHE is not updating the COVID-19 dashboard again until Wednesday.
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As of August 1, 2021, in accordance with an updated CDC/CSTE surveillance case definition, a confirmed case is defined as a person who tested positive by molecular detection (e.g., PCR, NAA) or identification of SARS-CoV-2 through genetic sequencing. A probable case is defined as a person with: a) presumptive lab evidence (antigen) or b) no lab testing but meeting clinical case criteria and is epi-linked. A person will be counted as a new surveillance case (e.g. reinfection) if they test positive for SARS-CoV-2 by a diagnostic test (i.e., molecular, antigen) and it has been greater than 90 days since the previous positive diagnostic test. In addition, a person with sequencing results identifying different SARS-CoV-2 lineages regardless of the time since the previous specimen sequenced will be counted as a new surveillance case.
Cases occurring between September 1, 2020 and July 29, 2021 were classified by previous CDC/CSTE case definition, and cases prior to September 1, 2020 were classified by the original case definition.