Riley County Health officials said on Saturday that there are 3 new positive cases in Riley County again today, which brings the local total to 43. There are now 22 active patients and 21 who have recovered. The Riley County patient who was hospitalized has been released to continue recovery at home.
The new patients are a man age 22 and two women, both age 23. All three are known contacts of positive cases, and all are in isolation at their homes.
There is 1 new positive case in Pottawatomie County, for a total of 9, and 1 new positive in Geary County for a total of 10.
The Kansas total saw a third day of significant increases and there are now 3,056 positives statewide. This represents 279 new cases since yesterday. There are 474 people in the hospital and 117 deaths in Kansas.