Barton County had zero positive active cases of COVID-19 as of 2 p.m. Friday and zero active quarantine or isolation orders, according to Public Information Officer Donna Zimmerman.

To date, the county has recorded 2,492 positive cases, while is 103 fewer than the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s count of 2,595 total positive probable cases for the county. State figures also showed no new cases for Barton County for the entire month, and two fewer cases than was reported on March 31.

Nearly one-third of all Kansans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, KDHE reported Friday. To date, 968,016 people – 33.2% of the total population – have received one dose and 537,572 have received a second dose of vaccine.

As of Friday morning, there have been 304,236 COVID-19 cases, resulting in 9,852 hospitalizations and 4,938 statewide deaths. There were 469 new cases, six new deaths and 28 new hospitalizations reported since Wednesday, April 7.

There have been no new COVID-19 deaths reported in area counties this month. Here are the total confirmed or probable cases for area counties as of Friday, with the change from last Monday, if any:

• Barton 2,595

• Ellsworth 1,216

• Pawnee 1,146 (+1)

• Rice 1,067 (+1)

• Rush 431

• Russell 854 (-1)

• Stafford 338 (+1)