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Kansas expects small increase in COVID-19 vaccine supplies with the new Biden administration

Kansas expects small increase in COVID-19 vaccine supplies with the new Biden administration

Kansas expects small increase in COVID-19 vaccine supplies with the new Biden administration

By the Associated Press and KFDI News:

The top health official in Kansas has told lawmakers that the state will likely see a only a small uptick in the immediate supply of the COVID-19 vaccine with the change in presidential administrations.

Dr. Lee Norman, head of the state health department, said Tuesday the state will likely get a 1% or 2% increase in its vaccine supply in the short run.

Health officials reported Wednesday that about 3.8% of the state’s population have gotten the vaccine to date.

Kansas added another 3,590 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, pushing the state’s tally to 263,412 since since the start of the pandemic. It reported 50 more deaths, bringing the total to 3,575.

Sedgwick County added 197 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total for the pandemic to 37,588.    No new deaths have been reported, so the county total remains at 345.   The county’s positive testing rate was at 10.3 percent.

 

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