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Next COVID-19 vaccination drive-through to be held at Brit Spaugh Park
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Barton County’s next drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic will move to Brit Spaugh Park, County Administrator Phil Hathcock said. First and second doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be available from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, March 31.

Vehicles will enter Brit Spaugh Park from Williams Street and exit onto Morton Street, he said.

Anyone who received his or her first COVID-19 vaccination on or before March 7 is automatically on the list for the second dose. “Please do not call to make an appointment, second doses will be administered during this timeframe,” Hathcock stated in a news release. “If you for some reason are not able to accommodate this schedule, your name will be placed on the list for second doses at the next drive-through event.”

The Moderna vaccine is recommended only for individuals 18 years old and older.

It is not required, however, to expedite their vaccinations, eligible persons may visit www.bartoncounty.org to download and complete the vaccine consent form found under the COVID 19 tab.


Making way for another event

Hathcock told the county commission Monday that the drive-through clinics that the county has conducted in recent weeks at the Expo Complex west of Great Bend would need to move before the Great Bend Farm, Ranch and Hemp Expo comes to town. The expo is set for April 7-9. County and city officials worked together to find an alternative location.

Nearly one in four Kansans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

As of Wednesday morning, 706,293 Kansans – 24.2% of the total population – have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 361,511 people have received a second dose.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports there have been 300,927 cases, resulting in 9,647 hospitalizations and 4,881 statewide deaths. There were 802 new cases, 31 news deaths and 28 new hospitalizations reported since Monday, March 22.

There was one new COVID-19 related death reported in Barton County. There were no new deaths in other counties surrounding Barton County.

Here are the total confirmed and probable cases and deaths to date for area counties as of Wednesday:

• Barton 2,590 cases (+5 since Monday, March 22), 48 deaths (+1)

• Ellsworth 1,214 (+1), 25

• Pawnee 1,143 (unchanged since March 17), 13

• Rice 1,063 (unchanged since March 22), 12

• Rush 429 (+1), 14

• Russell 853 (+1), 27

• Stafford 336 (unchanged since March 22) 9


Cluster summary

There have been 1,859 clusters statewide since the pandemic began, resulting in 37,868 cases, 1,846 hospitalizations and 2,034 deaths. As of Wednesday morning, there were 48 active clusters, resulting in 3,611 cases, 92 hospitalizations and 40 deaths.

Every Wednesday, KDHE releases the names of locations that have five or more cases with symptom-onset dates in the last 14 days. The number of locations has been decreasing over recent weeks and this week only one cluster location was identified. That was Pathways Family Services, a group living facility in Topeka, which has had 20 cases within the last 14 days. The last onset date was Sunday, March 21.


Editor's note: This is an updated version of a story released earlier today.