By the Associated Press.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is calling for school districts to require masks as hospitals buckle under the strain of increasingly young COVID-19 patients.
Kelly on Friday called the situation an “emergency” and urged people to get vaccinated. She said that more COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals in the state on Wednesday than any other single day since the pandemic began. And she said intensive care units are at 100% capacity at six of the state’s largest hospitals amid a surge fueled by the delta variant and low vaccination rates.
Schools have been hit hard, with 154 clusters and 1,889 cases.
