Today we report one new death, a 73-year-old female indirectly related to the nursing home in Adair County. We report three new cases: a 72-year-old female resident of the nursing home in Adair County; a 39-year-old female from Taylor County who worked as a contract employee at a nursing home in Jackson County; and, a 75-year-old male resident of a nursing home in Pulaski County. Our understanding is that the nursing home impacted in Pulaski will be issuing a press release soon. That nursing home has already notified all residents, employees, and families about the situation. For all our new positive cases, we are completing or have already completed case investigations and close contact tracing.
The Lake Cumberland area has experienced 210 Cumulative Confirmed Cases and there have been 8,170 Confirmed COVID-19 cases across 117 Kentucky Counties as of 05/20/20 (this includes 8,167 statewide plus 3 recently reported cases in Lake Cumberland not in the Governor’s daily report). Regardless of the confirmed case count for any Lake Cumberland County, we believe COVID-19 to be widespread. LCDHD is working to identify and contact all those with whom any positive case may have come into close contact.
As businesses reopen, the most common misconception is that the businesses only must comply with the guidance specific for their type of business. However, all businesses also must comply with the “minimum requirements”. The business-specific guidance can be found at Healthy-At-Work. The “minimum requirements” can be found at Minimum Requirements.