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Coping with COVID: Seven-day moving average of daily new cases on a downturn in Kan., Mo.

By Madison Parry

Kansas is experiencing a downward trend in the number of new daily COVID-19 cases, on Thursday displaying its lowest seven-day moving average since Nov. 1, 2020. Missouri is also inching down in case count, though at a slower pace and with more dramatic fluctuations.

The bi-state region is beginning to show recovery in terms of daily new cases.

Over the last two weeks, Kansas has shown a steady decline in the seven-day moving average of daily new COVID-19 cases.

As of Thursday, Kansas showed a seven-day average of 1,321 daily new cases according to the website Worldometers.info, a case count not seen since Nov. 1, 2020.

Missouri likewise is showing a similar trend in the seven-day average case count, nearing toward numbers not seen since October 2020.

However, recovery in the state has seen more dramatic fluctuations compared to Kansas. On Jan. 11, Missouri began what would be a steady descent of the seven-day moving average, starting at 3,559 and decreasing to 1,875 on Jan. 23, according to Worldometers.

Just one day later, that average climbed to 2,052 but has since dipped back down slightly to 1,986 on Jan. 27.

Another indicator of a decline in cases is showing up in the Kansas City region, doctors at The University of Kansas Health System reporting during a daily media briefing that there are 54 people with the active virus hospitalized as of Thursday, Jan. 28. This is down from 60 on Wednesday, Jan. 27.

During the same media briefing, doctors said there are a total of 105 patients admitted related to the COVID-19 virus, down from 112 yesterday.