(KAIR)--Coronavirus cases in Atchison County have risen since last week, with the number of confirmed cases growing by 22.
That’s according to the weekly, Wednesday release of figures from the Atchison County office of Northeast Kansas Multi-County Health.
The latest statistics show that Atchison County currently has 135 active cases, up from last week’s total of 113 cases.
Five are currently hospitalized in Atchison County, up one from last week.
According to the figures released Wednesday, 4 of the current cases involve those under the age of 5; 11 cases are those 5 to 12-years of age; 75 are aged 13 to 21; 15 are aged 22 to 35; 15 cases are those 36 to 50; 9 cases involve those aged 51 to 65; and 6 cases are persons over the age of 65.
According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Atchison County has had 2,150 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
23 have died.
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