(KLZA)-- The Southeast District Health Department has now confirmed the first COVID-19 case in Pawnee County and a ninth case in Richardson County.
The Pawnee County case is a man in his seventies, the new Richardson County case is a man in his twenties.
There have now been 48 cases confirmed within the Southeast District Health Department's five-county jurisdiction. Four of the cases in Richardson County have been confirmed in the past week.
Only one death within the district has been attributed to COVID-19, the death occurred in Richardson County.
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