Kansas sees rate of positive coronavirus tests inching up
August 2, 2020
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has seen its rate of positive coronavirus tests inch up over the past month and is approaching 29,000 reported cases for the pandemic.
The state Department of Health and Environment reported Monday that the state had another 1,064 cases since Friday, up 3.8% to 28,876. The department also reported another seven COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to 365 for the pandemic.
Kansas has seen its rolling seven-day average for new cases a day drop since peaking at a pandemic-high of an average of 479 cases for the seven days ending July 17. The figure for the seven days ending Monday was 386, or 19.4% lower, though it was about the same for the seven days ending Friday.
But the overall rate of positive tests results has been increasing after bottoming out at 8% in late June and standing at 8.3% on July 3. The rate of positive tests for the pandemic was 9.6% as of Monday, according to state health department data.
The seven-day rolling average of the positivity rate in Kansas rose during over two weeks from 10.6% on July 19 to 18.6% on Sunday, according to data compiled by the volunteer COVID Tracking Project.
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