(KAIR)--Atchison County currently has 29 active cases of COVID-19.

That’s according to a release Monday from the Atchison County office of the Northeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments.

According to the release, “Atchison County has been averaging 12 to 14 active cases at any given time,” with the release urging residents to “continue to take precautions to avoid the spread” of the virus.

The release urges residents to get vaccinated, avoid large crowds, wear a mask in public, maintain social distance, avoid touching your face, wash your hands often, and if you are ill stay home and get tested.

The Health Department continues to offer free testing, along with the Moderna vaccine, which requires two doses, given 28 days apart.

It’s being provided by appointment only, with residents to schedule their vaccination by calling 913-367-5152.

According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Atchison County virus statistics, two are currently hospitalized due to the virus.

Fifteen have died.

The statistics also show that no virus variants of concern have been confirmed in Atchison County.

It’s a different story for other local counties, with KDHE statistics showing that two cases involving the variants are confirmed in Doniphan County, with Brown County having the same number. Five such cases are confirmed in Jefferson County, and four cases each in the counties of Leavenworth and Pottawatomie.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press is reporting that  Kansas health officials will resume using the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine after federal agencies concluded its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clots. Administration of the shot was paused on April 13 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration following reports that some recipients developed a rare disorder involving blood clots. Federal health officials lifted an 11-day pause on the vaccine on Friday. The state’s next supply of the J&J vaccine is expected the week of May 3 with 1,700 doses.