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Two new cases reported Friday morning
coronavirus

Two new positive cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday morning in Barton County. Both are females; one resides in Great Bend and the other lives in rural Barton County.

There have been 133 positive cases – 61 males and 72 females. As of Friday, 37 of those cases were active and there have been three deaths. The county has issued 1,219 quarantine or isolation orders and 238 of those are active.


Location (by residence) and number of positive cases

Claflin - 3

Ellinwood - 14

Great Bend - 73

Hoisington - 27

Olmitz - 1

Rural Barton County - 15.