Kansas sets record for most new cases of COVID-19 in a single report: more than 2,000

Kansas has set a new record for most new cases of the coronavirus disease in a single report.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Monday reported 2,037 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday.

The weekend increase was the first time one of the KDHE’s Monday-Wednesday-Friday reports had 2,000 or more cases. It set the record for the biggest increase, breaking the old record of 1,694 new cases reported on Sept. 7, which was also a Monday.

The state health department has released updated pandemic statistics three times a week since the middle of May.

There have now been 58,629 total cases statewide during the pandemic. Sedgwick County has had 9,008 of those cases. The state’s second-largest county had 251 of the new cases over the weekend.

The KDHE also reported five new deaths attributed to COVID-19, 36 more hospitalizations and 9,102 additional negative tests. There have been totals of 637 deaths, 2,852 hospitalizations and 455,280 negative tests.

This story was originally published September 28, 2020 at 1:45 PM.