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Coping with COVID: Kansas City region doubles new case counts of COVID-19 in November

During the month of November, COVID-19 case counts show to have doubled from the month prior in the seven-county Kansas City region. Case counts in Missouri and Kansas also show to have made significant jumps, contributing to the rise.

The end of November brought sobering news for the Midwest and the Kansas City region.

Both Kansas and Missouri set new records in COVID-19 case counts. The statewide trend in each was also seen in the seven-county metro, where the number of cases doubled in November from October.

Missouri and Kansas contributed a record number of cases to the more than 4 million COVID-19 infections reported in the U.S. during November.

The number of new cases reported in Kansas, Missouri and across the seven-county Kansas City area more than doubled across the board compared to the record numbers set in October.

There were a record number of deaths across Kansas (531) and Missouri (918) in November as well, including a record-tying 234 in the Kansas City region.

On average, more than 48 deaths, including nearly eight from the KC area, were reported each day in November across Kansas and Missouri.

Missouri, which has broken its record for new cases every month since June, reported 123,756 COVID-19 cases in November — an average of more than 4,125 per day.

That was more than twice the number of new cases for October (59,737) as the virus continues to spread through the state, increasing 107% from October to November.

More than 39% of all 314,990 cases reported in Missouri since the beginning of the pandemic were reported in November.