Riley County now has its 11th COVID related death. The patient passed away in his home in Manhattan at the age of 67. No further details will be released about the patient. The county saw an increase of 16 active cases since Wednesday’s report for a total of 107. The county is also reporting an [...]
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is reporting a 10th COVID-19 related death in Riley County. The patient was a 96-year-old female resident of the Homestead Assisted Living facility in Manhattan. She tested positive on Aug. 31 and died about a week later on Sept. 7. Homestead Assisted Living has been the site of [...]
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Riley County is reporting 23 new positive COVID-19 cases and 29 recoveries since Friday. This brings the total number of active cases to 132 and recoveries to 1,827. People in the 18 to 24-year-old age range represent 52 percent of the new cases and about 77 percent of the total number of cases in Riley [...]
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Kansas State University will begin offering all enrolled students free asymptomatic testing for COVID-19 on a voluntary basis at on Oct. 5. Testing will be offered by appointment only Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Lafene Health Center. Participants will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win either [...]
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Kansas State University will begin offering all enrolled students free asymptomatic testing for COVID-19 on a voluntary basis at on Oct. 5. Testing will be offered by appointment only Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Lafene Health Center. Participants will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win either [...]
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COVID-19 vaccine timeline According to Lisa Campbell, Pottawatomie County Health Department officer, a COVID-19 vaccine will be available locally by January 2021. “There will be limited doses available,” Campbell said. “They’ll be sending out priority groups and we’ll have those priority groups listed, but they are saying that there will be widespread vaccine available and [...]
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Riley County has 20 new positive cases and 20 additional recoveries since Friday’s report. Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan is caring for two positive patients at this time. These patients have symptoms severe enough to require hospitalization. This brings the total number of positive cases to 1,815, with 239 active cases and 1,568 recoveries. [...]
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Riley County has 79 new coronavirus cases since Monday’s report, but saw 265 additional recoveries. Ascension Via Christi is caring for three positive patients. The health department has also identified 13 cases from early September that had not been tracked through the state’s electronic disease surveillance system. Each of those patients have since recovered. Recent [...]
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Riley County health officials on Monday saw new positive cases of coronavirus slightly outpace the number of additional recoveries. The health department tallied 67 new cases and 51 additional recoveries since Friday’s report. One positive patient remains hospitalized at Ascension Via Christi. Local health officer Julie Gibbs informed the county commission Monday that testing remains [...]
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75 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 86 recoveries have been reported in Riley County since Wednesday. This brings the county’s total number of active cases to 761 and recoveries to 807. 1199, or 76.08 percent, of the positive cases that have been reported in Riley County have involved patients who are 18 to 24-years [...]
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