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Aug. 11, 2021Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas COVID shots rise, but so do cases, hospitalizations


TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is seeing COVID-19 vaccinations rise while the more contagious delta variant is increasing new cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

State data showed that Kansas averaged 1,080 new COVID-19 cases a day for the seven days ending Monday. It was the first time the average topped 1,000 since Feb. 2.

Kansas averaged 30 new hospitalizations and eight new deaths a day for the same seven days. Hospitalizations dropped below 10 per day in mid-June.

The latest average for deaths was the highest in five months. But federal data showed Kansas averaged 6,330 vaccine shots a day for the seven days ending Monday. The average had dropped below 3,000 in July.