Allen County’s positive COVID-19 cases increased to 30 this week, up seven cases from last week.
The SEK Multi-County Health Department issued its weekly update Monday on cases in the four counties it serves: Allen, Anderson, Bourbon and Woodson.
Four of those cases are active and the other 26 have recovered. Two people have been hospitalized, with one remaining in the hospital. The total includes three presumptive cases and three people who live out of state but are staying in Allen County.
In the other counties, Anderson has had 32 positive cases, with two active; Bourbon has had 86 cases with five active cases and two deaths; and Woodson County has had 12 cases with one active case.
Statewide, positive cases increased to 38,401, up from 36,856 Friday, an increase of 4.2%. The death toll increased to 426 deaths from 419 Friday. The state also reported 348,556 negative cases.
Kansas no longer has any counties free of reported coronavirus cases, with the last two, sparsely populated ones confirming their first as local schools were preparing to reopen.
The last two of 105 counties to report cases were in northwest Kansas. Rawlins County is on the Nebraska border and has about 2,500 residents, while Wallace County has about 1,500 residents and is on the Colorado border.
The pandemic reached Kansas in March, with the first cases in the Kansas City area, and the virus spread to half of the state’s counties in 30 days. Rawlins and Wallace counties remained the only two without a reported case for a little more than a month, but Aften Gardner, administrator of the Wallace County Health Department, said the virus has been “closing in.” Both counties confirmed their cases late last week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
