COVID update

October 18, 2021

According to Barton County Health Department Administrator Joel Dermott, Barton County experienced a very good week, with only six new cases of COVID being reported in the past seven days.

“It looks like we have weathered the worst of the Delta outbreak in our county,” said Dermott. He added, “COVID is still with us and we must remain diligent, but our trend line is very favorable”.

To date there have been a total of 1506 cases in the county, with four active, 27 deaths and 1475 recovered.