The Kansas City region is home to two of the largest clusters of coronavirus cases in the United States, according to an analysis of outbreaks across the country. Among the top U.S. clusters of the virus, Lansing Correctional Facility is the 13th biggest while the Triumph Foods meat processing facility in St. Joseph is the 20th largest, according to data maintained by The New York Times. Correctional facilities make up more than half of the top 20 localized outbreaks of COVID-19, the Times’ data shows. At the top of the list Tuesday was the Marion Correctional Institution in Ohio, which has been connected to 2,439 cases.
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