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Local and state health officials report increases in COVID-19 cases

Local and state health officials report increases in COVID-19 cases

Local and state health officials report increases in COVID-19 cases

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Sedgwick County health officials are reporting an increasing trend in COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks.

KDHE reported Wednesday that there were 1,910 new cases and 82 new deaths since Friday, March 13th.   The state is reporting a total of 782,202 cases for the pandemic, with 8,802 deaths.

Sedgwick County reports 415 new cases since May 11th, with 32 new deaths.  The county has a total of 112,560 cases for the pandemic with 1,159 deaths.  County health officials also report an increase in new testing, with over 7,000 tests reported since May 11th.


From the Associated Press:

COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking.

Increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are putting more of the country under guidelines issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that call for masking and other infection precautions.

Right now, about a third of the U.S. population lives in areas that are considered at higher risk – mostly in the Northeast and Midwest. Officials said Wednesday those are areas where people should already be considering wearing masks indoors – but Americans elsewhere should also take notice.

 

 

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