Many Kansas hospitals are at critical capacity and don't have enough workers; the state is reporting another 97 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the past two days.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says that's how many Kansans have been admitted with COVID-19 symptoms just since Wednesday morning. The KDHE says there have been a dozen more people die from COVID-19 , bringing the state's death toll during the pandemic to 5,547 people.
Also in the past two days, 3,452 more Kansans tested positive for the coronavirus, while 6,369 tested negative. In addition, there's a slight uptick in the number of children testing positive. Two weeks ago, children ages 0-17 made up 13% of Kansas coronavirus cases; as of Friday morning, they make up 13.6%.
Among the new coronavirus cases, the KDHE says 109 of them are the COVID-19 delta variant.
7,288 more Kansans got the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the past two days, while 8,281 Kansans got their second doses.
Of Kansans who are eligible to get vaccinated, 61.63% have at least one dose, while 53.27% have finished the current vaccination series.
The KDHE plans to eventually include how many Kansans have received a third dose of vaccine, but it is waiting for action from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before that starts.
