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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 Kan...

1:02 Starting Monday, walk-ins will be allowed at Sedgwick County’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic inside the former central library in downtown Wichita. The county has required appointments since the clinic opened in late December, but is shifting to the new strategy to get more people vaccinated against the disease. The online scheduling portal on the county’s website will still be available for appointments. “In addition to mobile clinics and outreach, going out into the community, we’re trying to expand that by opening up to walk-ins at the clinic, hoping that might encourage some pe...

Posted By: George Lawson April 15, 2021 @ 4:07 pm Coronavirus (Covid-19), Local News, News Sedgwick County is reporting that more than a quarter of eligible residents have now been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Deputy County Manager Tim Kaufman told reporters Thursday that 28.4 percent of eligible people 16 and older have been fully vaccinated.  He said the percentage would be much higher if the county were able to administer the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week.  That vaccine has been put on hold whil...

The Sedgwick County Commission voted Tuesday to let public and private K-12 schools opt out of the county’s latest health order .