Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks at a COVID-19 news briefing on Monday, June 8, 2020 at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.

Speaking nearly three months to the day since Kansas confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in Johnson County, Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday praised Kansans for how they’ve responded to an unprecedented global pandemic.

Kansans’ response, combined with a continued adherence to social distancing guidelines, has made Kelly “hopeful” about the state’s health and economic recovery in the months and years to come, she said.

Kelly’s guidelines to reopen the state economy, which were adopted by some local health departments including Douglas County, moved into Phase Three on Monday. She said the key metrics to fully reopen the state — spread of the disease, hospitalization rate and testing capacity — continue to track in encouraging directions.

“I know that we Kansans are anxious to return to many of our summer activities,” Kelly said. “And I’m pleased that we continue to make progress that will allow us to do so.”

Part of that progress came in the form of a bipartisan compromise bill that made adjustments to the state Emergency Management Act and curbed some of Kelly’s powers to manage the COVID-19 pandemic moving forward. Kelly signed the legislation just before Monday’s press briefing, she said.

“It’s not perfect. Compromises rarely are,” she said. “But it will allow us to protect resources for businesses, Kansans and communities that will aid in their economic recovery and will put infrastructure in place in the event of another widespread COVID outbreak.”

Some of those resources include $525 million in federal funding allocated to help Kansas recover from the economic impact of COVID-19. Those funds were the topic of discussion at a Monday meeting of Kelly’s 20-person task force to reopen the state economy, and it is the second portion of the $1.03 billion Kansas received as part of the federal CARES Act stimulus legislation in March.

“Kansans have been through so much these past few months,” Kelly said in a news release detailing the task force meeting. “I’m proud of my administration’s efforts to work with our local and federal partners to ensure Kansas families and businesses get the resources they need to recover from the economic damage of COVID-19.”

Kansas on Monday reported 257 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the state Department of Health and Environment last released data on Friday. The state’s cumulative case total now sits at 10,650, and the disease has killed 236 Kansans — four more since Friday.

The state since Friday conducted 5,856 total tests for COVID-19, according to KDHE data. With 257 positive cases, that means the most recent round of testing returned a positive rate of only 4.4%. Overall, 8.9% of Kansans tested are testing positive for the respiratory virus.

The number of cases is growing faster in the state’s portion of the Kansas City metropolitan area, with the four most-populous counties accounting for 55% of the new cases since Friday.

The state said Wyandotte County had 52 new cases since Friday, an increase of 3.4%, to make the total 1,560. Neighboring Johnson County saw another 38 cases since Friday, to bring its total to 977 for an increase of 4%.

Sedgwick County, home to the state’s largest city of Wichita, saw a 5.8% jump in cases, up 36 to 660. Shawnee County, home to the state capital of Topeka, had 15 more cases since Friday, an increase of 4.1% to 384 total.

Douglas County, the state’s fifth most-populous county, saw four new cases since Friday, an increase of about 6% to 74 total.

KDHE Secretary Lee Norman said Monday that the department is tracking 153 outbreaks of the virus, 62 of which are inactive.

Those outbreaks account for 5,533 cases and 167 deaths in the state, and can be traced to the following locations:

• 74 from private industry, 29 of which are inactive, resulting in 590 cases and six deaths

• 35 from long-term care facilities, 16 of which are inactive, resulting in 756 cases and 126 deaths

• 14 from various gatherings, eight of which are inactive, resulting in 183 cases and 13 deaths

• 11 from meatpacking plants, resulting in 2,868 cases and 12 deaths

• Seven from group living arrangements, five of which are closed, resulting in 57 cases and three deaths

• Seven from healthcare facilities, four of which are closed, resulting in 55 cases

• Three from correctional facilities, resulting in 1,019 cases and seven deaths

• Two from a daycare in Ford county, resulting in five cases

— The Associated Press contributed to this report.