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Oct. 15, 2020Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas sets records for increases in COVID-19 cases, deaths


TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas has reported its largest seven-day increases in both COVID-19-related deaths and new coronavirus cases.

The state health department said Wednesday that Kansas had another 67 deaths since only Monday to bring the pandemic total to 838.

But it wasn't clear how many of those fatalities were older and just being reported now as health officials examine death certificates from previous months.

The state also said it had 1,293 new confirmed or probable cases over two days to bring the the total to 69,155. The state averaged a record 743 new cases a day for the seven days ending Wednesday.