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COVID-19 Dashboard
As of May 31, 2023, COVID-19 Case Dashboard is no longer being updated. The dashboard remains on this page for historical reference. See the Kansas Syndromic Surveillance Program Dashboard for current data.
COVID-19 Vaccine Data
The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard will transition from a weekly to a monthly update that happens on the first Wednesday of the month by 12:30 p.m.
Case Summary Historical Data
The weekly COVID-19 Case Summary documents are no longer being published. Review the annual summary documents: 2023 COVID-19 Summary (PDF); 2022 COVID-19 Summary (PDF); and 2021 COVID-19 Summary (PDF).
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.