Riley County has identified 35 new positive coronavirus cases and 3 additional recoveries since Wednesday.
This brings the county’s total to 6,115 with 213 of those cases being active. The total number of recoveries in the county has reached 5,870.
Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan is caring for three positive patients at this time. Two of the positive patients are in the Intensive Care Unit.
This week, the Health Department continued vaccinating those 65 and older and began administering “boosters”, second doses, to individuals who were vaccinated as part of Phase 1. K-12 teachers and staff in Riley County also began receiving their first vaccine doses on Thursday.
To date, the Health Department has administered 5,858 vaccines. It has received 10,540.
The next COVID update will not be available until Tuesday, due to the Monday holiday.
