By the Associated Press and KFDI News:
Kansas is reporting another seven-day record for new coronavirus cases, with 16% of tests for the virus during that period coming back positive.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Monday that the state had 2,037 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases since Friday, an increase of 3.6%. There’s been a total of 58,629 since the pandemic reached the state in early March.
Kansas had an average of 667 new cases a day for the seven days ending Monday, or 7% higher than the previous record of 622 for the seven days ending Wednesday.
The state also reported five new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the pandemic total to 637. Deaths continued to represent about 1.1% of the total cases.
Sedgwick County was reporting a total of 8,522 cases on Monday, an increase of 68 from the previous day. The county remains at 86 deaths. More than 105,000 people have been tested.
