Posted March 28, 2020 02:25pm
(KAIR)--Local area confirmed cases of COVID-19 see a slight increase, as Kansas health officials report growing numbers statewide.
Leavenworth County is now reporting 17 cases, as of Sunday morning. That's up from 15 reported on Saturday afternoon and Friday’s count of 12.
Also locally, the counties of Doniphan, Jefferson, Jackson, and Pottawatomie continue to report one case each.
On Sunday morning, the KDHE reported 319 total positive COVID-19 cases.
Kansas has now experienced 6 virus-related deaths. The latest case is a 70-year-old Shawnee County woman who was admitted to Topeka's Stormont-Vail Hospital on March 23 and tested positive for COVID-19 on March 25.