The City-Cowley County Health Department has put out its latest COVID 19 update. The positivity rate for the last week was down again from the previous week at 8.47% as compared to 11.13% last week and 15.89% two weeks ago. Since the start of the pandemic, 6,824 Cowley County residents have been confirmed as positive for COVID-19. Overall, one hundred thirty-three (133) Cowley County residents have died from complications related to COVID-19 since March of 2020.