It marks the 13th straight week of full ICUs at Wichita hospitals, despite there being the fewest COVID-19 patients in three months.
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COVID cases up 4.7% at Wichita schools; middle and high schools back in-person next week
COVID-19 cases at Wichita Public Schools rose about 4.7% in the last week, according to weekly data released Friday that includes the first full week of elementary students back in the classroom.
Citing 90% drop in COVID cases, Dodge City rescinds mask law: ‘people are tired of it’
“I think we’ve proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that mask ordinances do work.”
Sedgwick County election officer says secretary of state told her she’s losing her job
Tabitha Lehman has been accessing a database from home during the coronavirus pandemic while fighting cancer, and in doing so violated a policy from the Kansas secretary of state.
Kansas universities could speed up faculty dismissals under new Regents proposal
A subcommittee voted for the plan because of financial damage from COVID-19 and the governor’s budget cuts.
KDHE names 43 of 346 active coronavirus outbreaks in Kansas. Here are the locations
Wichita had four clusters on the KDHE list.
Sedgwick County hits 500 COVID deaths as active coronavirus clusters increase in Kansas
This was the first week since Thanksgiving that the number of active clusters increased from the previous week.
Wichita hospitals see improving COVID patients numbers, but status remains ‘critical’
“The good news is that we are continuing to see kind of a consistent decline in the COVID hospitalizations in the region overall.”
Kansas universities need to save money. These are the majors that could be eliminated
Cost-cutting has taken a new sense of urgency amid a pandemic that has affected everyone.
Kansas coronavirus trends continue to improve as Sedgwick County’s worsen, data show
The COVID-19 case rate and positive test rate are getting better in Kansas.