Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday that Kansas is beginning the first phase of a new testing plan designed to significantly increase its capacity to diagnose COVID-19. This comes as Kansas saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in a single reporting period, the governor said, with 2,037 new cases and 5 new deaths since Friday. Overall, there have been 58,629 cases and 637 deaths. The hope is with the new testing strategy, more cases and instances of COVID-19 spread will be identified and contained. Currently, capacity is only at around 60,000 tests a week, which is not enough, Kelly said.
Source: State Government – The Topeka Capital-Journal
