Wichita school district staff with COVID-19 accounted for 799 of the 1,182 cases the district has reported since Aug. 8, according to Wichita Public Schools COVID-19 numbers, which were updated Friday for the first time since mid-November. School district spokesperson Susan Arensman said staff workloads affected how long it took to have the document updated. Friday’s numbers show that cases from Nov. 15 until Thursday increased from 633 to 1,182. Staff cases went from 389 to 799 in the latest report, which is roughly a 105% increase in about 3.5 weeks. It took more than two months to reach 389. The 799 staff cases are nearly 68% of the total.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
