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Coping with COVID: Kansas seven-day moving average of new cases falls to three-month low

By Madison Parry

The seven-day moving average of daily new COVID-19 cases has dipped to a case count not seen since late October. A slow-down beginning mid-January has dropped Kansas’ weekly average to 929 cases, the first time the seven-day rolling average has been below 1,000 cases since October 27.

A series of COVID-19 case count fluctuations over the last few months in Kansas appears to have slowed, the state showing a steady decline in daily new cases over the last few weeks.

Kansas’ seven-day moving average hit a new mark today, Thursday, Feb. 3, achieving a lowered weekly average case count not seen since October 2020.

According to international real-time statistics website Worldometer, which has been tracking COVID-19 data across every nation and state since March, reports that Thursday’s seven-day moving average of COVID-19 cases in Kansas is 929.

The report reveals Kansas’ drop below 1,000 for the first time in over three months, since Oct. 27, 2020, when the seven-day moving average showed 836 cases.

A separate map published by The New York Times also shows Kansas’ decline, showing cases across the state are down by 42 percent over a 14-day period.

The same COVID-19 map by The New York Times shows a 14-day change in deaths down by 37 percent and hospitalizations down by 30 percent.