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(KAIR)--Leavenworth County has the third highest number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in the state of Kansas.
According to figures released Wednesday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the local, northeast Kansas county has 783 cases, a 181 case increase from Tuesday, topped only by nearby Wyandotte County, which has 910 cases, the highest in the state, and Ford County, in western Kansas, which has 880 confirmed positive cases.
Leavenworth County’s northern neighbor, Atchison County, has 12, and another neighboring county, Jefferson, has 11. 15 cases have been confirmed in Pottawatomie County, 4 in Doniphan, and 2 in Jackson. Brown and Nemaha Counties have 1 confirmed case each.
Kansas statewide is confirming 5,734 cases, representing 82 of the state’s 105 counties.
The KDHE Wednesday reported 144 virus-related deaths.
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