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Atchison Senior Village named coronavirus cluster site

By Brian Hagen

08/12/2021

(KAIR)--Atchison Senior Village is identified as a coronavirus cluster site, based on the number of COVID-19 cases confirmed at the long-term care facility.

According to the latest statistics from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Atchison County-owned Senior Village is identified as having 16 confirmed, positive cornonavirus cases within the past 14-days, as of August 11.

The state health department data lists the last onset date as August 1.

The statistics also identify a Jackson County private business as a cluster site.

According to KDHE, Northeast Kansas Community Action Partnership has had five active cases within the past 14 days of August 11.

More commonly known as NEK-CAP, the organization addresses poverty in northeast Kansas.

The last onset date of the current cases at the NEK-CAP location is stated as August 3.

Atchison County has had 1,884 coronavirus cases, while Jackson County has had 1,919 since the pandemic began.

KDHE data shows that 20 have died in Atchison County, while Jackson County has incurred 17 coronavirus-related deaths.

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