Yesterday was said to be the worst day in the Lake Cumberland District since the outbreak of the Corona virus. Our 10 county area has 192 new cases Wednesday.
Per the Lake Cumberland District Health Department Adair County has 22 new COVID19 cases. We only released 3 cases. Also, sad to report 2 new deaths yesterday. We have had 732 total COVID 19 cases with 579 recovered and 29 deaths.
Russell County 23 new cases Wednesday. We had No cases released from isolation. We now have 78 active cases which 72 are on self-isolation and 6 cases are hospitalized. Judge Gary Robertson is again asking everyone to start doing better by wearing masks and social distancing to help control this virus. We now have 9 deaths in Russell County. The hospitalized cases are 1 at Ephraim McDowell in Danville, 1 in Somerset, 1 VA in Lexington, 1 at Russell County Hospital.