Kansas anticipates getting 90,000 more doses of vaccine

MISSION, Kan. (AP) – Kansas is anticipating getting 90,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week, double what the state was receiving just two weeks ago, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Friday.

As of Friday, 9.4% of the state’s population had been vaccinated, with 273,428 people receiving at least the first of two required doses, state health data showed. Kelly said in her biweekly call with elected officials Friday that the federal government is responding to requests for more vaccine.

The state continues to see the lowest number of new cases since October. Kansas’ health department added 1,208 new confirmed cases from Wednesday to Friday, pushing the state’s pandemic total to 286,102.

It also added 61 more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the Kansas death toll to 4,364.