Coronavirus update: Kansas variant cases jump almost 13% including two new strains Jason Tidd and Michael Stavola, The Wichita Eagle
Apr. 23 COVID-19 variants in Kansas increased by 23 to 203, or a 12.7% jump, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Friday.
The two-day jump included two new variants: one in Ellis County and one in Sedgwick County.
The former was a strand first detected in Brazil; the latter in New York. Both are considered variants of interest, which are not as severe as the variants of concern that make up the other 201 variant cases in Kansas, according to the KDHE.
Kansas counties with variants also climbed by three to 28. The counties with newly discovered variants are Montgomery, Riley and Clark counties.
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