&nbsp;The Riley County Health Department reported Monday that the county has 2 new positive COVID-19 patients, for a cumulative total of 66. The patients are members of the same household, a 44 year-old woman and 46 year-old man. &nbsp; "Our thoughts are with this family as they fight the disease," said Local Health Officer Julie Gibbs. Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan has 1 positive patient and 2 Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) currently hospitalized. One positive patient and one PUI patient are on ventilators. “Residents of Riley County have made great progress in flattening the curve and setting an example for how to fight COVID-19 up to this point, but we are not out of the woods yet,” said Andrew Adams, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for Riley County. Most of the laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients in Riley County have recovered. However, coronavirus is a very serious illness and will continue to pose a threat. Everyone needs to continue their efforts to slow the spread of illness by practicing social distancing when in public, wearing a mask when social distancing is difficult, washing our hands, covering our coughs and sneezes, and staying home when sick.

&nbsp;The Riley County Health Department reported Monday that the county has 2 new positive COVID-19 patients, for a cumulative total of 66. The patients are members of the same household, a 44 year-old woman and 46 year-old man. &nbsp; "Our thoughts are with this family as they fight the disease," said Local Health Officer Julie Gibbs. Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan has 1 positive patient and 2 Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) currently hospitalized. One positive patient and one PUI patient are on ventilators. “Residents of Riley County have made great progress in flattening the curve and setting an example for how to fight COVID-19 up to this point, but we are not out of the woods yet,” said Andrew Adams, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for Riley County. Most of the laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients in Riley County have recovered. However, coronavirus is a very serious illness and will continue to pose a threat. Everyone needs to continue their efforts to slow the spread of illness by practicing social distancing when in public, wearing a mask when social distancing is difficult, washing our hands, covering our coughs and sneezes, and staying home when sick.

Two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Riley County