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Re-opening schools and high school sports is idiocy.
"More Kansas high schools are canceling sporting events due to coronavirus exposure and team quarantines in what may be the start of an uptick in cases due to Labor Day."
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We're getting more widespread community spread statewide,” Norman said. “It's not as just located in packing plants, nursing homes and the like, and so it's becoming more community spread in rural and frontier counties.”

Kansas has no statewide mandate for people to wear masks in public because of a pandemic-management law enacted in June as a compromise between Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the Republican-controlled Legislature.

the biggest increases in reported cases per 1,000 residents have been in rural central or western Kansas counties. Cheyenne County in the state's far northwestern corner is in the lead with nearly 17 new cases per 1,000 residents, having seen its total case count jump from nine to 54, according to the state health department.

Four of the top five counties for total cases per 1,000 residents also are in central or western Kansas, led by Ford County in southwestern Kansas, with nearly 82 reported cases per 1,000 residents for the pandemic.

It's more widespread — urban, surburban, rural, frontier — and those are contributing to the overall numbers in an unfortunate way,” Norman said. “There’s a lot more young people that are getting infected in schools and colleges and universities and sports.
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Kansas reported Friday that it had more than 1,300 newly confirmed coronavirus cases over two days, and most of the biggest spikes over the past two weeks occurred in rural counties in the central and western parts of the state.

The health department also reported an additional 11 virus-related deaths over two days to bring the pandemic total to 632.
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Kansas on Monday reported another seven-day record for new coronavirus cases, with 16% of the tests for the virus during that period coming back positive.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Kansas had 2,037 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases since Friday, an increase of 3.6% to make the total 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.
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The top public health official in Kansas said Wednesday that the state has yet to see its biggest wave of coronavirus cases, suggesting the pandemic could spawn an average of 800 or even 900 new cases a day in coming months.

Dr. Lee Norman, the head of the state Department of Health and Environment, said Kansas is likely to surpass the record numbers of new confirmed and probable cases it has recently seen.

The health department said Kansas saw 1,120 new confirmed and probable cases since Monday, an increase of 1.9%, bringing the total to 59,729.

The state health department reported 41 new COVID-19-related deaths since Monday, bringing the total to 678.
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Kansas health officials report a new pandemic record for average daily hospitalizations. The state had an average of 26.29 new coronavirus hospitalizations per day for the seven days ending Monday. The previous high was 23.86 for the seven days ending Friday. To date, 3,036 of 37,891 who tested positive for COVID-19 have been hospitalized.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment also reported that the state saw 1,597 new confirmed and probable cases since Friday, an increase of 2.5%, bringing the total cases to 62,708. The state health department also reported eight new COVID-19-related deaths since Friday, bringing the total to 706.
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the state set another record for COVID-19-related hospitalizations.

GOP leaders and the governor have been at odds for months over her handling of the pandemic and have forced her to accept local control over mandating mask-wearing, reopening schools and restricting businesses and public gatherings.

The state Department of Health and Environment reported that had another 1,244 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases since Monday, an increase of 2%, to bring the pandemic total to 63, 952. The state averaged 600 new cases a day during the seven-day period ending Wednesday.

The health department also reported 85 new coronavirus-related hospitalizations since Monday, an increase of 2.8% for a pandemic total of 3,121. The state averaged 29.14 new hospitalizations a day for the seven days ending Wednesday, nearly 11% higher than the previous record of 26.29 for the seven days ending Monday.
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Kansas’ top public health official warned Friday that the state is “losing the battle” against the coronavirus as it reported another record increase in new cases.

The state Department of Health and Environment said Kansas reported 1,855 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases since Wednesday, an increase of 2.9%, to bring the total for the pandemic to 65,807.

The state also reported another 40 COVID-19-related deaths, increasing the pandemic total to 763.

“Other states are doing bad, and we’re doing worse than most,” Dr. Lee Norman, the head of the state health department, said during an interview. “We’re losing the battle right now."

Norman blamed the increases on residents’ refusal to consistently follow public health guidelines for mask-wearing, social distancing and avoiding large public gatherings. He said people need to do all of them in tandem to check the virus’ spread.

Dr. Beth Oller, a family physician along with her husband in Rooks County, said some people in the northwest Kansas county of about 5,000 still say the coronavirus is “not that big of a deal” and are angry at the idea of having to wear masks. :shock:

“You still hear things like ‘I am mad I have to wear a mask to the volleyball game,’ where I go, ‘We shouldn’t even be having volleyball games,’” she said. “I have had people say, ‘I will wear a mask when the president does.’ And you hear, ‘If he doesn’t have to wear one, why do I have to wear one?’”
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Kansas broke its record for the most new cases of COVID-19 in a single report as Wichita’s home county passed a milestone.

There have now been 67,862 total cases statewide during the coronavirus pandemic.

Kansas also added eight new deaths, raising the total for the coronavirus disease to 771 dead.

The state health agency reported 54 more COVID-19 patients were hospitalized. Every age group except for infants to 9-year-olds had at least one new hospitalization. There have now been 3,239 total hospitalizations.

There were 13 more patients admitted to intensive care and three more placed on ventilators. Kansas has had 890 total patients in the ICU with 274 needing ventilators.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday that she doesn't plan to have the state health department use its power to manage disease outbreaks by shutting down businesses or imposing other restrictions in local coronavirus hot spots.

Kansas had had nearly 68,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 771 deaths from the disease since the start of the pandemic, according to the state Department of Health and Environment.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are surging in Missouri and Kansas according to health care officials.

Doctors across Kansas City are comparing notes. At the University of Kansas Health System, doctors say they have more active COVID-19 patients now than when the pandemic started.

The number of younger patients is also increasing according to doctors.

These doctors say people must continue to wear a mask, wash our hands and social distance.
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The state identified 39 of 241 active clusters, including five of 29 at schools.

Wednesday’s report included the first death connected to a school cluster. There have been 38 total coronavirus outbreaks at schools, accounting for 330 cases of COVID-19, seven hospitalizations and one death.

There have also been 28 clusters involving sports, accounting for 219 cases and one hospitalization. The 47 outbreaks at colleges or universities are responsible for 1,145 cases and three hospitalizations.
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Kansas City area hospitals, facing their biggest influx of coronavirus patients since the pandemic began, are refusing ambulances because their beds are already filled, according to a leading doctor at St. Luke’s Health System.

On Wednesday night, eight metro hospitals and emergency departments reported such high volumes of patients that they temporarily stopped accepting ambulances, Marc Larsen, Operations Director of Saint Luke’s COVID Response Team, said in a phone interview Thursday.

“We’re bursting at the seams in the metropolitan area, and really across the state and the region,” said Larsen, who is also an emergency physician.

Kansas has at least 69,155 cases including 838 deaths.

There have been a total of 3,309 hospitalizations and there are 241 active clusters, according to KDHE.
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Kansans who have tested positive for the coronavirus increased by 1,700 since Wednesday according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

It brings the state’s total of positive cases, since the pandemic began, to 70,855. The number of Kansas deaths associated with COVID-19 is 859, up 21 since Wednesday.

Kansas hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 are up 61 since Wednesday.

The state averaged a record 743 new cases a day for the seven days ending Wednesday.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 2,113 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new coronavirus disease deaths on Monday. The increases occurred after the state’s Friday morning report was released.

The 2,113 new cases is the most of any Monday-Wednesday-Friday report from the KDHE, breaking the record set last Monday of 2,055.

There have now been 72,968 total cases and 872 deaths in Kansas since the pandemic started. There have also been 3,421 total hospitalizations, which was an increase of 51.
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All 62 residents of a Kansas nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 10 have died, health officials said. One resident is in the hospital, and the rest are being quarantined.

Fifty-one patients are being kept in their rooms at the center in northwestern Kansas, and an unspecified number of staff members have also tested positive.

Nearly 73,000 cases have been recorded in Kansas, which has had 872 Covid-19 deaths, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment website, which was last updated Monday morning.
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More than 90 of the state’s 105 counties have opted out of the current mask order. That’s why Kelly said Wednesday that she plans to speak with House and Senate leadership to work toward a bipartisan mask requirement with more teeth.

Her announcement came as the seven-day rolling average of the positivity rate in Kansas rose from 15.04% on Oct. 7 to 20.64% on Wednesday, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project. The seven-day average for new cases also set another record of 757 on Wednesday. And from Monday to Wednesday, the state also added 80 more COVID-19-related deaths, most of them stemming from a review of death certificates, bringing the state’s fatality toll to 952.

It’s more important now than ever to wear masks, continue to practice social distancing, stay home when sick and avoid large groups of people.
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Kansas set new records Friday for its largest seven-day increases in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths with what its top public health official called “a generalized spread” of the COVID-19 virus.

The state has averaged more than 700 new cases a day this month, and the figure was a record 768 for the seven days ending Friday, beating the previous high mark of 757 for the seven days ending Wednesday. The state Department of Health and Environment reported 1,774 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases since Wednesday, an increase of 2.4% that brought the total for the pandemic to 76,230.

Dr. Lee Norman, the state health department's head, said the generalized spread of the virus in Kansas has resulted from resistance to wearing masks in public, continuing to have mass gatherings, crowded school athletic events, and bringing students back to college and university campuses.

“This is absolutely what we've been predicting,” Norman said in a text to The Associated Press. “It is the natural consequence of not following the anti-contagion measures in our communities.”

The state health department reported an additional 23 COVID-19-related deaths since Wednesday, bringing the pandemic total to 975.

Kansas also reported another 78 coronavirus hospitalizations to bring the total to 3,584.
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Kansas on Monday reported record highs for its seven-day rolling averages of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations

The governor issued a mask mandate July 2, but a state law enacted the month before allowed the state's 105 counties to opt out, and most did.

Republicans forced Kelly to accept local control over such decisions after she'd imposed a statewide stay-at-home order for five weeks, ending in early May.

But the state averaged 815 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases for the seven days ending Monday, the first time the figure exceeded 800 cases.

The state also averaged 32 new COVID-19-related hospitalizations for the seven days ending Monday.

The state Department of Health and Environment reported Monday that Kansas had 2,446 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, an increase of 3.2% that brought the state's total to 78,676 since the pandemic began. It reported an additional 62 coronavirus hospitalizations since Friday, an increase of 1.7%, bringing the total to 3,646.

The state reported only one new COVID-19-related death, for a pandemic total of 976.
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The state is enduring its largest surge in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, and Kelly said last week that she wants to work with top lawmakers on a bipartisan mask mandate.

The governor issued a mask mandate July 2, but a state law enacted the month before allowed the state’s 105 counties to opt out, and most did.

the state averaged 815 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases for the seven days ending Monday, the first time the figure exceeded 800 cases. The record, based on state Department of Health and Environment data, was 6.2% higher than previous high of 768 cases a day for the seven days ending Friday.

The state also averaged 32 new COVID-19-related hospitalizations for the seven days ending Monday.

The state Department of Health and Environment reported Monday that Kansas had 2,446 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, an increase of 3.2% that brought the state’s total to 78,676 since the pandemic began. It reported an additional 62 coronavirus hospitalizations since Friday, an increase of 1.7%, bringing the total to 3,646.

The state reported only one new COVID-19-related death, for a pandemic total of 976.
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Kansas set new state pandemic records Wednesday for reported coronavirus cases and COVID-19-related hospitalizations

The state Department of Health and Environment added nearly 3,400 cases since Monday to its running tally for the pandemic, giving the state a rolling average of 1,084 new cases a day for the seven days ending Wednesday. The department said there have been 82,045 confirmed and probable cases in Kansas since the pandemic reached the state in early March.

The health department also said the state had another 106 hospitalizations related to the novel coronavirus, for a pandemic total of 3,752. The rolling average was 35 new hospitalizations a day for the seven days ending Wednesday.

Kansas also reported 31 additional COVID-19-related deaths since Monday, to bring its total to 1,007.
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Kansas surpassed 1,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday at a news conference.

The amount of deaths in Kansas — 1,007 — is more than four times the number of people who have died of influenza in the state for the past two years combined, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, LJW reports. Kelly said half the deaths happened over the past six weeks.

As of Wednesday, there were 82,045 Covid-19 cases in the state. Missouri’s case count reached 174,632, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. There have been 2,870 deaths in Missouri.
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The number of Kansans who have tested positive for the coronavirus increased by 3,136 new cases since Wednesday.

It brings the state’s total of positive cases, since the pandemic began, to 85,181.

The number of Kansas deaths associated with COVID-19 is 1,029 up 22 since Wednesday.

Kansas hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 are up 80 since Wednesday.
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The state reported 351 deaths in October — a 55.3% increase from September, which set the previous record with 226 deaths reported.

In Kansas, 577 of the 1,029 deaths reported from COVID-19, or more than 56%, have been reported in September and October.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly instituted a statewide mask mandate in June, though 90 counties opted out.

There were 234 COVID-19 deaths reported in October compared to a then-record 140 in September, a 67.1% increase month over month.

Kansas saw cases spike to more 25,851 reported in October, which is a 47% jump from September
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Kansas set another record Monday for its largest number of reported coronavirus cases over seven days, hitting some of the state’s most rural counties hard and leaving officials in even urban areas to worry that people aren’t following public health advice closely enough.

Kansas had a rolling average of 1,507 new confirmed and probable cases a day for the seven days ending Monday, based on state Department of Health and Environment data. That’s nearly 18% higher than the previous high of 1,279 cases a day for the seven days ending Friday. The agency added more than 4,000 confirmed and probable cases to the state’s count since only Friday.

New hospitalizations remained relatively high for the state, averaging 35 a day for the seven days ending Monday. And Kansas reported 17 new COVID-19-related deaths to bring the pandemic total to 1,046, with more than 500 of those deaths reported since mid-September.

Kansas has had 89,227 coronavirus cases since the pandemic reached the state in early March, an increase of 4,046 or 4.7% over three days. Kansas is now reporting 3,063 cases for every 100,000 residents, or a number greater than 3% of the state’s population.

The state reported another 61 hospitalizations since Friday, to bring the pandemic total to 3,893. As for deaths, the average was 10 per day for the seven days ending Monday.
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