Atchison Co virus cases climb to six
04/20/2020

(KAIR)--The number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Kansas climbs close to 2,000 while the death toll reaches 100. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed local cases also climbs.

According to figures released Monday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, there are 1,986 confirmed cases state wide.

That includes a sixth confirmed positive case in Atchison County as of Monday, the same number of cases in Jefferson and Pottawatomie Counties.

Leavenworth County continues to have the highest number of cases with 135.

Doniphan and Jackson Counties remain with one case each.

According to Atchison County Emergency Management Director Wes Lanter, the latest Atchison County case involves a man in his forties who is isolating at home.

 


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