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COVID-19 Cases in Kansas
COVID-19 Dashboard
COVID-19 data is updated Wednesdays by 12:30 p.m. The dashboard contains a variety of data at the state and county level. Click on the gray buttons to access the data.
COVID-19 Vaccine Data
Data about the COVID-19 vaccine can be found at KansasVaccine.gov.
Case Summary & Historical Data
The COVID-19 Summary (PDF) is published once a week, Wednesday by 12:30 p.m. and it includes historical data. The summary may not be published during holiday observances. The 2021 Summary (PDF) and 2022 Summary (PDF) information is available in a separate file.
Former Secretary Lee Norman, M.D. demonstrates the Social Vulnerability Index dashboard. Explore this tool by clicking the gray SVI Explorer button.
Current Case Definitions for COVID-19
A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria developed by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to define a disease for public health surveillance. Surveillance case definitions enable public health officials to classify and count cases consistently across reporting jurisdictions. Surveillance case definitions are not intended to be used by healthcare providers for making a clinical diagnosis or determining how to meet an individual patient’s health needs.
For cases identified beginning January 1, 2023, KDHE will utilize the updated CSTE/CDC surveillance case definition described in CSTE position statement 22-ID-01. A confirmed case is defined as a person who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a clinical or post-mortem specimen using a diagnostic molecular amplification test (e.g., PCR, NAA) by a CLIA-certified provider* or identification of SARS-CoV-2 through genetic sequencing. A probable case is defined as a person who tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 specific antigen in a clinical or post-mortem specimen using a diagnostic test performed by a CLIA-certified provider*.
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 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. A person whose death certificate lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 or an equivalent term as an underlying cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death with no laboratory evidence will be classified as a suspect case (suspect cases are not included in case counts).
*includes those tests performed under a CLIA certificate of waiver and does not include at-home tests
Previous Case Definitions for COVID-19
August 1, 2021 Through December 31,2022
Cases occurring between August 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022 were classified by previous CSTE position statement 21-ID-01.
A confirmed case was 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 was defined as a person with: a) presumptive lab evidence (antigen) or b) no lab testing but meeting clinical case criteria and is epidemiologically associated with a COVID-19 case. 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. A death certificate that lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death will be classified as a probable case. 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.
September 1, 2020 Through July 29, 2021
Cases occurring between September 1, 2020 and July 29, 2021 were classified by previous CSTE position statement Interim-20-ID-02.
A confirmed case was defined as a person who tested positive by molecular detection (e.g., PCR, NAA). A probable case was defined as a person with: a) presumptive lab evidence (antigen) or b) no lab testing but meeting clinical case criteria and is epidemiologically associated with a COVID-19 case. In addition, a death certificate that lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death will be classified as a probable case.
February 1, 2020 Through August 1, 2020
Cases occurring between February 1, 2020 and August 1, 2020 were classified by previous CSTE position statement Interim-20-ID-01.
A confirmed case was defined as a person who tested positive by molecular detection (e.g., PCR, NAA). A probable case was defined as a person with: 1) presumptive lab evidence (antigen) and b) meeting either clinical criteria or epidemiologic evidence. In addition, a death certificate that lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death will be classified as a probable case.