(KNZA)--Six new positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Atchison County, bringing the county's total to date to 56.

Atchison County Emergency Management Director Wes Lanter in a release on Friday said two cases are in their 40's, two in their 30's, one in their 20's and one is in their 70's.

All are on home isolation.

Lanter said the cases have been deemed as community spread.

The Atchison County Health Department is completing their investigations.

The Health Department reports forty-three of Atchison County's fifty-six cases have recovered. Two are currently hospitalized.

Meanwhile, Kansas has reported its worst week-long spike in COVID-19-related deaths since June 1 as the number of reported cases rose past 25,000. The state Department of Health and Environment said Friday that Kansas has had 326 deaths since the pandemic reached the state in early March. That's up 18 or 5.8% since Wednesday.