Editing Norton County, Kansas (section)

===21st century===
In 2020, Norton County became a major hotspot in the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. In July, an inmate at the Norton Correctional Facility, a state prison, tested positive for coronavirus.<ref name="ksalprison">{{cite web |url=https://www.ksal.com/covid-19-at-norton-prison/ |title=COVID-19 at Norton Prison |newspaper=Https |access-date= October 20, 2020}}</ref> By mid-October, more than 130 cases had been reported at the prison.<ref name="MyUser_Https:_October_20_2020c">{{cite web |url=https://hayspost.com/posts/3c84384c-c7a0-44bd-88e4-53a06f2b8d5a |title=REVIEW: COVID-19 outbreak reported at Norton prison |newspaper=Https |date=October 19, 2020 |access-date= October 20, 2020}}</ref> On October 19, officials announced that all 62 residents of the Andbe Home nursing home in Norton had tested positive for COVID-19, 10 of whom had died.<ref name="cbscovid">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-andbe-nursing-home-norton-kansas-all-residents-some-staff-have-covid-10-deaths/ |title=All 62 residents at Kansas nursing home have COVID, 10 have died - CBS News |newspaper=Https |date=October 20, 2020 |access-date= October 20, 2020}}</ref> As of October 20, Norton County had the highest rate of infection over the previous 7 and 14 days of any county in the United States.<ref name="kctv5">{{cite web |url=https://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/kansas-averages-700-new-cases-a-day-county-sees-top-us-jump/article_e8834df6-1255-11eb-99cf-3f80c376aebc.amp.html |title=Kansas averages 700 new cases a day; county sees top US jump |newspaper=Https |access-date= October 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="nytdata">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html |title=Covid in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count - The New York Times |newspaper=Https |access-date= October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201020195627/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html |archive-date=2020-10-20}}</ref>