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Shawnee County reported 112 COVID-19 cases from July 12-15 after seeing a total of 156 cases in June.
Twenty-five people are hospitalized, as of the July 13 Shawnee County COVID-19 dashboard update, but that number has tripled in the past two weeks. After months of reassuring trends, our community is in the midst of a surge in cases and hospitalizations in unvaccinated individuals,” said Erin Locke, Shawnee County s health officer. “We all want to have a normal fall, and collectively, our personal actions will determine future impacts.
The surge can be attributed in part to the Delta variant, the health department said in a news release. Delta has become the dominate community strain since it was first found in Shawnee County in June.
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Taco Johns at 214 Leavenworth Street seen in this July 8 photo. The restaurant has stood vacant since a March 28 fire. (Steven Shaffur/KMAN)
Nearly 3 and a half months after it caught fire, Manhattan’s Taco John’s restaurant remains closed.
Manhattan Fire Department Fire Marshal Jake Powell gave a brief update on In Focus this week about the status of repairs at the store.
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Fire investigators in late May determined the March 28 fire was accidental, caused by ignited cooking oil on soiled towels in a storage area.
Manhattan inspectors also this week issued a $13.2 million permit to Stormont Vail Healthcare for its new medical complex, on the east edge of the K-State campus.