The Riley County Health Department will offer a free testing event this Monday, Nov. 16, in addition to the weekly testing event on Thursday. “We’re doing that mainly for individuals who want to travel for Thanksgiving and students who’d like to travel home,” Gibbs said. “We’re doing that so that they know what their status [...]
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The Riley County health department has reported the county’s 13th COVID related death since the beginning of the pandemic. A 63 year-old Riley County resident died Wednesday morning after testing positive for coronavirus on Nov 2. He lived at Via Christi Village and passed away at Ascension Via Christi hospital. Riley County has 114 new [...]
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Riley County is reporting 126 new COVID-19 cases and 60 recoveries. This brings the number of active cases in the county to 258 and recoveries to 2,253. Ascension Via Christi Hospital is currently caring for six COVID-19 positive patients and one person under investigation. Four of the patients under the hospital’s care are in the [...]
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Riley County has reported that 86 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 39 recoveries have been identified since Wednesday. This brings the county’s total number of active cases to 192 and recoveries to 2,193. Ascension Via Christi Hospital is currently caring for four COVID-19 positive patients and four persons under investigation. Four of these patients, [...]
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The Riley County Health Department is now offering free COVID-19 testing every Thursday through the end of the year, except for on Christmas and Thanksgiving. Julie Gibbs, Riley County Health Department director, says the free drive-thru testing events will take place at the barns in CiCo Park. “That will be consistent,” Gibbs said. “We found [...]
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Riley County is reporting 60 new positive COVID-19 cases and 59 recoveries. This brings the county’s active-case total to 145 and recoveries to 2,154. The positive rate for the week of Oct. 25 came in at 9.7 percent, up from the previous week’s rate of 6.4 percent. Ascension Via Christi is currently caring for five COVID-19 positive [...]
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Riley County saw an additional 37 positive COVID-19 cases come in over the weekend. Julie Gibbs, Riley County Health Department director, updated the county commission during their meeting Monday. Along with the additional positive cases, there were 60 more recoveries over the weekend as well. “As of today, that brings us to a total of [...]
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Riley County is reporting 37 new positive COVID-19 cases and 37 recoveries since Monday’s report. This brings the total number of active cases to 100 and recoveries to 2,066. The percent-positive rate for the week of Oct. 18 came in at 7.7 percent, or 83 positive results out of 1,077 total tests. This is up [...]
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Riley County is reporting 29 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 11 recoveries since Friday’s report. This brings the total number of active cases in Riley County to 100 and recoveries to 2,029. 12 of the 29 new cases involve people who are 18 to 24 years old. Riley County also currently has seven active [...]
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National Suicide Prevention Hotline United States Senator Jerry Moran recently spoke with KMAN about the signing of his 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Hotline bill into law. He says that while the number isn’t currently accessible, he hopes it will be soon. “We’re in the process now of the FCC implementing a three-digit 9-8-8 number that [...]
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