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Fourth virus case confirmed in Atchison Co

(KAIR)--Atchison County records it’s fourth case of COVID-19.

That’s confirmed in an email Friday from Atchison County Emergency Management Director Wes Lanter.

The release says the person is a man in his 20’s who is currently isolated at home.

The Atchison County Health Department is completing an investigation into the case.

According to a release from the Atchison Hospital, the man was tested in his vehicle, and was never hospitalized.

The latest numbers released Friday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirm an additional confirmed case in Jefferson County, bringing that location’s number to 6.
Leavenworth County continues to have the highest number of confirmed cases in the local area of Kansas with 115.

Pottawatomie County has 5 cases, while Doniphan and Jackson Counties have one confirmed case each.

Statewide, Kansas has 1,705 confirmed positive cases and has experienced 84 deaths.

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