(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.