Five Barton County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Wednesday, starting with one male and one female, both living in Great Bend, announced Wednesday morning by the county’s Public Information Officer Donna Zimmerman.

Three more cases were announced Thursday morning. These were a male and two females that included two Ellinwood residents and one Great Bend resident.

There have been 84 positive cases in the county, 39 males and 45 females. There are 25 active positive cases and there have been three deaths in which COVID-19 was listed as a factor. During the duration of the pandemic, 924 quarantine or isolation orders have been issued and 230 of those are still active.

The breakdown of total cases by location is as follows:

Claflin 3

Ellinwood 11

Great Bend 59

Hoisington 1

Olmitz 1

Rural Barton County 9

Nationwide, nearly 3.9 million people have been infected with the novel coronavirus and 141,677 have died, as of Wednesday, July 22, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Statewide, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/) reported that as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, there have been 24,104 cases from 103 counties, resulting in 1,545 hospitalizations and 308 deaths. There have been 244,582 negative tests.

Totals for other area counties include: Edwards 9, Ellis 99, Ellsworth 14, Ford 2,065, Ness 5, Pawnee 7, Reno 179, Rice 16, Rush 5, Russell 4, Stafford 2.