Leavenworth County had 119 new positive community cases between Monday and this past Wednesday, Dec. 2.
There also have been a new U.S. Penitentiary positive case and two Lansing Correctional Facility case and another case transferred to another jurisdiction. There also were 115 community recoveries during that time. As of Monday’s Leavenworth County Health Department report, LCHD was monitoring 304 active cases, with three currently being hospitalized.
LCHD also reported another COVID-19 related death in its Wednesday, Dec. 2, report and two more in the Monday report.
Two men, one in his 70s and another in his 80s, died of COVID-19 complications during the weekend. Last week’s reported death involved a woman in her 50s. There now have been 34 COVID-19 related deaths in the county, with 28 involving community residents and four being Lansing Correctional Facility inmates.