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July 13, 2021Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas sees COVID surge as delta variant cases keep rising


TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is seeing increasingly larger numbers of new COVID-19 cases and a surge in cases of the faster-spreading delta variant.

State Department of Health and Environment data showed that Kansas averaged 371 new cases a day for the seven days ending Monday.

That was the highest figure in more than four months, since the agency's data showed an average of 404 new cases a day for the seven days ending Feb. 26.

The department also reported a nearly 28% increase in confirmed cases of the delta variant since Friday. Meanwhile, Wyandotte County's health department announced plans to expand an existing vaccine lottery.