(KAIR)--COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Atchison County.

On Monday, 3 additional confirmed positive cases were reported, bringing the county’s total to 34.

According to a release from Atchison County Emergency Management Director Wes Lanter, the 32nd case is a man in his forties, the 33rd case is a man in his seventies, and the 34th case is a woman in her eighties.

The cases are listed as community spread.
According to Lanter, the county currently has three patients that have been hospitalized.

Figures released Monday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment show the state has had 14,443 cases in 97 of the state’s 105 counties.
270 have died.