VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – More than 500 Barnes County residents have been tested for coronavirus since the pandemic started in March.

City-County Health District Administrator Theresa Will said so far, four people have tested positive, three have recovered and one case is still active.

Will said Governor Burgum was in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, May 13th asking President Trump for more testing resources.

Will said cloth masks are available at City County Health in Valley City. She said call ahead first at 845-8518 before arriving to pick up a cloth mask.

For questions related to COVID-19, the public can call the North Dakota Department of Health hotline at 1-866-207-2880 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., 7 days a week.