(KMZA)--The first positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Marshall County.
That word came Wednesday in a release from Marshall County Emergency Management.
The release said the individual is under quarantine.
The Marshall County Health Department will be conducting contact tracing for those who have been in contact with the affected individual.
Marshall County had been the only area northeast Kansas county that had not seen a confirmed case.
Statewide, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday reported 12,970 cases from 94 counties. The agency reports 261 virus-related deaths.
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