A surge in serious covid-19 cases at the University of Kansas Health System could lead hospital officials to consider new masking requirements. The hospital recorded an increase from 19 active covid-19 cases last week to 33 this week. Seven of those cases are in the ICU. Chief Medical Officer, Steven Stites, says some hospital departments are choosing to do so, with the Rehab units back to masking and the transplant unit never really left masking. He says they just have to pay attention to what the in-hospital numbers are. Stites says there has been a slight increase in masking among patients and within the community.
