(MSC News)--Flags are flying at half-staff across Kansas following an order by Governor Laura Kelly to lower the flags in remembrance of the more than 10,000 Kansans who have died due to COVID-19.
Kelly, Thursday, announced that flags are to fly at half-staff for both the victims and their families.
Flags will remain at half-staff through sundown Friday.
The latest check of coronavirus data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, indicates that 932,200 active cases remain in the state.
10,029 have died in Kansas due to the pandemic.
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