(MSC News)--Citing the predicted peak of COVID-19 cases in Kansas, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has extended the state’s stay-home order through May 3. “Unfortunately, cases continue to increase, and new counties continue to have confirmed cases,” Kelly said Wednesday, during her daily virus-focused news conference held Wednesday afternoon. “Internal and external modeling predict a peak somewhere between the 19th and the 29th of April.”

The original stay-home order was set to expire April 19.