First COVID Deaths Came Earlier Than Previously Known
A mass-testing event in Lawrence last year aimed at identifying COVID cases that might otherwise go undetected. Stephen Koranda/Kansas News Service
New data from the federal government show an early COVID-19 death in Kansas could be the first in the country.
The first documented COVID-19 death in the United States appears to have come months earlier than long suspected, when the virus killed a person in Kansas.
Updated records from the National Center for Health Statistics currently show the first death from the virus in the U.S. happened the w…
