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COVID spike arrives late, hits hard in rural Kansas county

by John Hanna & Andy Tsubasa Field
| October 15, 2020 12:03 AM

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — With COVID-19 cases surging in rural areas across the Midwest, a county sheriff in northwestern Kansas found himself struggling to breathe and landed in a hospital room more than an hour from home because there was no space at the local medical center.

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