(MSC News)--The number of Kansas COVID-19 related deaths continue to climb, as does the total number of confirmed positive cases statewide.

The latest Kansas Department of Health and Environment statistics show 17 have died in the state, which now has 620 confirmed cases. Those figures were outlined Friday by Dr. Lee Norman, Secretary of KDHE during Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s daily, afternoon virus-focused news conference.

The number of confirmed positive cases in local Kansas counties also continue to rise.

As of Friday afternoon, two cases were confirmed in Jefferson County, the same as Pottawatomie County, while cases in Leavenworth County climb to 31.

The counties of Atchison, Doniphan, and Jackson have one confirmed case each.

Saturday marks four-weeks since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Kansas.