(MSC News)--Kansas hospitals are beginning to see federal funds become available for use in the fight against COVID-19.

United States Senator Jerry Moran Friday morning announced that the funds were made available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. “The CARES Act created a fund to help meet the needs of hospitals and health care providers, and today over $325 million is being distributed across Kansas,” said Sen. Moran. “As hospitals are seeing significant revenue losses and others see their costs go up because of COVID-19, these new resources will be a necessary benefit not just to our hospitals, but to the communities and patients they serve. In the fight against COVID-19, these new resources will put our health care providers in a better position to keep us healthy and meet the needs of Kansans.”

Moran made the announcement that funds had begun to be received Friday during a social media appearance with medical professionals from the University of Kansas Hospital.