Cowley County Fair Canceled For 2020 Due To Virus Concerns

Fair goers fill the grandstands during the 2016 Cowley County Fair. (Photo courtesy Cowley County Fair Facebook page)

The Cowley County Fair will not be held this summer, according to a Facebook post from the fair late Monday night.

On June 4, the Walnut Valley Association announced the bluegrass festival in Winfield would not happen this year due to the virus and be postponed to 2021.

The City-Cowley County Health Departmental reported Tuesday morning it has tested 1,1170 people in the county since a national emergency proclamation was issued by the White House on March 13 and has confirmed 41 total cases so far (an increase of two since Friday) with 34 of those active cases in the county (a decrease of one active case since Friday).

The health department said six have recovered.

An Ark City man who tested positive April 1 died a week later and remains the only death in the county connected to the virus.

According to the latest Kansas Department of Health and Environment report on the virus posted Monday, there are now 11,419 positive cases of COVID-19 across the state, 988 hospitalizations, 245 deaths and 125,543 negative tests.

Kay County, Oklahoma, has recorded 65 cases so far and remains at seven deaths.