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July 28, 2020Wichita, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas seeing decrease in median age for coronavirus cases

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is seeing the median age of people who've contracted the novel coronavirus drop as the number of reported cases grows.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the state Department of Health and Environment says that the median age for people infected in Kansas is now 37, down from 52 on March 24, less than three weeks after the state's first reported case.

Kansas has seen a resurgence of cases since early June that has pushed the number of reported cases past 25,000 and the number of COVID-19-related deaths past 320. Officials have blamed much of the resurgence on lax social distancing and mask-wearing at public gatherings.