Atchison Co adds another virus case
04/23/2020

(KAIR)--The number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 remains on the rise statewide, and locally.

Atchison County Thursday evening confirmed its 9th case, which Atchison County Emergency Management Director Wes Lanter identified as a woman in her sixties who is isolating at home.

According to figures released Thursday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the number of cases in Jefferson and Pottawatomie Counties have grown by one in each county, bringing the total to 7 cases each.

Leavenworth County has the highest number of confirmed positive cases in the local Kansas area with 154.

Doniphan County has 3 confirmed cases, while Jackson County has one.

KDHE’s Thursday figures also show the number of cases statewide has grown to 2,482, representing 74 of the state’s 105 counties.

112 virus-related deaths have been reported statewide.

 


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