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Local counties add new virus cases

By Brian Hagen

06/22/2020

(KAIR)--Atchison County has confirmed its 28th positive case of COVID-19.
That word came through a news release issued Monday by Atchison County Emergency Management Director Wes Lanter.

Lanter, in the release, identified the person as a man in his twenties who is isolating at home.
The latest confirmation is identified as the 5th case of community spread in Atchison County.
24 of Atchison County’s cases have recovered.

Jackson County has had 104 confirmed positive cases. According to county health officials, 100 have recovered while two remained hospitalized as of June 18. Jackson County has incurred 1 death.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Monday reported that Doniphan County has had 25 confirmed positive cases. As of June 19, 20 had recovered, according to the county health department.

Brown County has had 11 cases, Pottawatomie County has had 51, Nemaha County has had 23, and Leavenworth County has had 1,130 confirmed positive cases.

KDHE confirms at total of 12,465 cases in 92 of the state’s 105 counties.

Kansas has experienced 259 virus-related deaths.

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