worldUpdated: Oct 20, 2020, 07:32 ISTA coronavirus outbreak has killed 10 residents in a nursing home in a northwestern Kansas county that proportionally already had the nation’s largest increase in cases over two weeks. The Kansas health department said that cases in Norton County rose from 46 two weeks ago to 340 as of Monday in Norton County. With about 5,400 residents, that was an increase of 5,484 cases per 100,000 residents, according to the state’s figures. Kansas has averaged about 29,000 tests a week over the past month, according to data from the state health department. Kelly said the high-capacity lab will help the state identify coronavirus hot spots so that its residents can avoid them.

Source: Hindustan Times October 20, 2020 01:02 UTC