(KAIR)--Jackson County has three confirmed positive cases of COVID-19.

That’s confirmed in a Friday release issued by the Jackson County Health Department.

The release says the County was notified Friday morning of the latest case, while the two previous cases have recovered.

180 Jackson County residents have been tested for the virus.

The person is identified as a man who is recovering at home. The health department is working to identify those he may have had contact with.

Leavenworth County continues to have the highest number of cases among local area Kansas Counties, and remains third highest in the state. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Friday, the county has 907 confirmed positive cases, up from Thursday’s count of 885. Pottawatomie County’s case numbers have grown by 2 from Thursday, up to 17. Atchison and Jefferson Counties have 12 confirmed positive cases each, while Brown and Nemaha Counties have one confirmed case each.

The number of cases in Kansas has climbed from Thursday to Friday, with KDHE noting a 349 case increase, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to 6,431, representing 82 of the state’s 105 counties.

152 virus related deaths are now reported in Kansas.