Three additional deaths from coronavirus occurred in the past week in Riley County.
The county Health Department reports two of those who died were unvaccinated, while the third, a 90 year old man, had received vaccination. He tested positive July 12th at Ascension Via Christi Village before passing away at a Topeka hospital August 1st.
The two other deaths were a 49 year old man and a 72 year old female.
The three deaths in the week moved the total number in Riley County since the start of the pandemic to 52.
There are currently 10 COVID patients at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. Three are being treated in the ICU.
One of the ten patients was vaccinated before coming down with the virus.
104 new positive cases were reported by the health department for the week and 99 additional recoveries. There are, in total, 150 active coronavirus cases in Riley County.
Since December, there have been 91 cases from variants of concern, 77 of them caused by the Delta variant.
