Pottawatomie County has issued a new health order following Gov. Laura Kelly’s decision to give county government’s authority over their reopening plans. Public Health Order No. 5, effective as of 6 p.m. yesterday, limits mass gatherings to 50 people and prevents entertainment venues with capacities of 2000 or more from opening. The order is largely [...]

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Riley County has confirmed one new positive COVID-19 case, bringing the total number of active case to eight. The new case involves a 52-year-old male. So far, there have been a total of 64 positive cases, 55 recoveries, 139 pending test results, 923 test results and one death in Riley County. Ascension Via Christi Hospital [...]

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Riley County is retaining an hour of operation limit for restaurants, but removes additional restrictions for child care operators in the local iteration of Kansas’ plan to re-open businesses and public facilities. Local health officials updated the public on the COVID-19 response online Friday, saying the county remains at 12 active cases despite an additional [...]

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Riley County reported one new positive case Wednesday, a 30-year-old woman associated with an outbreak in another county. This patient is currently in home isolation. There are about a dozen active cases, 46 recoveries, 714 negative test results and 59 total cases in Riley County since mid-March. Pottawatomie County remains at 21 total positive cases. [...]

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Ascension Via Christi hosted a warm sendoff for two nurses leaving to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago. Ascension Via Christi nurse Jessica Wolf explained her reasoning for going to Chicago.  “I think it’ll be a great challenge and a great experience. And I wasn’t able to in school to do the kind of thing [...]

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The Riley County Health Department reported one new positive case today, bring the total number of cases to 56. The patient is a 62-year-old male. The total number of recoveries sits at 35 while the number of active cases is at 21. Pottawatomie County also reported no new positive cases Tuesday, keeping their total at [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has reported that there are no new positive cases today, leaving the total at 55. Two more patients have recovered, bringing the total number of people who have recovered to 34 and and lowering the number of active cases to 21. 535 tests have come back negative and 33 test [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has reported that there are no new positive cases today, leaving the total at 55. Two more patients have recovered, bringing the total number of people who have recovered to 34 and and lowering the number of active cases to 21. 535 tests have come back negative and 33 test [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has a new online survey for community members to report their health condition regardless of if they are showing symptoms for COVID-19. It’s available at rileycountyks.gov/covidsurvey. The information is confidential and will only be used to determine how the coronavirus is spreading locally. The health department says it won’t ask [...]

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