IPhone 5s won't respond to touch?

A few days ago, my iPhone 5s' screen stopped responding to touch.
It's not an all the time thing, but its frequent enough to become annoying.

I've only had it since May. And I have two year warranty on it but I don't want to send it off and be phoneless for god knows how long. (I sent an iPod away a few years back, and it took THREE WEEKS just to get it back and all it was getting was a new screen.)

I've tried restarting it and it works for a little while but then I have to jab the screen a million times. Its been to the point where it won't even unlock. The fingerprint unlock won't work either when it "freezes".

I want to avoid a hard reset as much as possible. But if I absolutely HAVE to I will.

We don't have an Apple store close to us (closest is an hour or two away), so taking it to the store will be only if necessary.

If you bought it from your cell phone carrier, take it to their store. They usually have trained technicians on duty.

I would try a hard reset press the home button and the lock button at the same time until it powers off and powers back on if that doesn't resolve your issue then I would get in contact with Apple, Goodluck.