Kiowa County Public Health COVID-19 Update - March 10, 2021

DATA

  • Cases 99 
  • Hospitalizations 6
  • Deaths 4**

*These are cumulative totals as of 03/09/2021 4pm **Deaths in people with a recent positive COVID test.

  • CASES PAST 7 days: 0
  • CASES PAST 14 days: 0

TESTS

Kiowa county is currently at 0% 7-day average test positivity, the same as last week. Our goal is to keep this less than five percent.

Kiowa County is dial level BLUE https://covid19.colorado.gov/data/covid-19-dial.

Cheyenne County man sentenced to 8 years on drug charge

During the first week of March, Clayton John Hoffman of Cheyenne Wells appeared in the Fifteenth Judicial District Court where he pled guilty to a felony drug charge.

Cheyenne County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call at the Trail Inn Motel in Cheyenne Wells in late August 2020. During an investigation, nearly 200 grams of methamphetamine was discovered and seized.

One arrested following high-speed chase across three counties

One person has been arrested following a high-speed pursuit that began in Kiowa County just south of Eads and ended in Bent County after briefly running through Prowers County.

Kiowa County deputies attempted to make contact with the driver of a vehicle that was southbound on Highway 287 south of Eads. The driver pulled over, then sped away with deputies in pursuit.

The chase reached speeds of 140 miles per hour at times.

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