(MSC News)--The number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Kansas has risen by 163.
According to virus-related figures released Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the state has recorded 3,491 cases, up from Monday’s count of 3,328.
The cases are confirmed in 76 of the state’s 105 counties.
The death rate rose by four from Monday, with KDHE reporting 124 people have died statewide.
Leavenworth County has 183 cases, the highest number in the immediate, local Kansas area. Atchison and Pottawatomie Counties have 9 cases each, while Jefferson County has 8. Doniphan County has 3 cases, Jackson County has 2, and Nemaha County has 1 confirmed case.
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