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Covid-19 Cases in The Lake Cumberland District

The Lake Cumberland District Health Department now has Johnson and Johnson vaccine for Phase 1A, 1B, and 1C (most people now qualify). Call your local health department for an appointment.

 

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 2.89%.

Deaths: We are sad to report 1 new death today. We have experienced a total of 380 deaths resulting in a 1.79% mortality rate (about 1 in 56) among known cases. This compares with a 1.42% mortality rate at the state level and a 1.82% mortality rate at the national level. Our hearts and prayers go out to all the families and friends who have lost loved ones.

Hospitalizations: We presently have 21 cases in the hospital. This is 1 more than what we reported yesterday. We have had a total of 1,174 hospitalizations resulting in a 5.54% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 18) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 4.82%. The latest data shows that 88.89% of Lake Cumberland’s ICU beds are filled, and 15.25% of ventilator capacity is being utilized.

Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 21,207 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 10.15% of our total population has been a confirmed case. However, we do not know how many additional people may have had COVID-19 and were either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and never tested. Of our total cases, 0.39% are reinfections.

Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 54 cases today from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 10; Casey: 1; Cumberland: 7; McCreary: 5; Pulaski: 18; Russell: 2; Taylor: 7; and, Wayne: 4. In all, we have released 97.5% of our total cases.

Active (Current) Cases: Taking into account deaths and releases, our active cases decreased by 20 more than the new cases we added today. This leaves us with 144 active cases in our district across all 10 of our district’s 10 counties. On Stop we were at our peak number of active cases, 144.

Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Family, Businesses, Schools, and Medical Facilities. Of our active cases, 2% can not be tied back to another known case (community-spread cases).

New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 35 today: Adair: -1; Casey: 2; Cumberland: 6; Green: 3; McCreary: 4; Pulaski: 13; Russell: 1; Taylor: 1; and, Wayne: 6. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.001. This means our total case count is projected to double every 514.48 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on Stop when we added 36 cases. Today’s new cases include:

Casey: A 44-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 49-year-old female who is hospitalized, still symptomatic;
Cumberland: A 14-year-old female who is released, Resolved;
Cumberland: A 58-year-old female who is released, Resolved;
Cumberland: A 28-year-old male who is released, Resolved;
Cumberland: A 21-year-old male who is released, Resolved;
Cumberland: A 33-year-old male who is released, Resolved;
Cumberland: A 44-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 49-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 16-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 10-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 41-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 44-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 57-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 32-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 8-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 29-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 37-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 49-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 68-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 44-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 79-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Pulaski: A 38-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 44-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 68-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 42-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 21-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 44-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Wayne: A 41-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 86-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 13-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 89-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 9-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;

A close look at the data today may appear that Adair’s numbers are off. This is because we moved one Adair case to a county outside our district.

The death we report today is a 79-year-old individual from Taylor who had been released from public health observation as no longer contagious but later succumbed to lasting complications from the illness.

We added fewer cases today than for the same time period last week, so our 7-day average incidence rate went down. Keep in mind, some of our 7-day average incidence data will be skewed over the next few days as we are reconciling our data against the state data. Our 7-day incidence rate chart is showing 2 counties in the “yellow-community-spread” category, Green, and Taylor; 6 counties in the “orange-accelerated” range of community-spread: Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Pulaski, Russell, and Wayne; and 2 counties in the “red-critical” range: Clinton, and McCreary.

Don’t forget that in countries like Brazil, India, France, Italy, and Germany we are seeing sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases. Also, states like New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are seeing sharp increases. Therefore, please do not assume that the pandemic is completely behind us and take the vaccine as soon as you can. Also, until the vaccine is widely available, and a significant percentage of the population has taken it, let’s all do our part in slowing the spread of COVID-19 by wearing our face coverings, avoiding crowds (especially in confined spaces), social distancing when around others, increasing our hand hygiene, increasing our general sanitation, and by avoiding touching our faces.

https://www.lcdhd.org/info-tools/health-assessments-and-statistics/health_report_card/covid19-state-wide-outbreak-2/covid-19-media-public/daily-brief/

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