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LCDHD Report - Saturday, December 19, 2020

 

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 8.59%.

 

Deaths: We are sad to report one new death today. We have experienced a total of 207 deaths resulting in a 1.71% mortality rate (about 1 in 58) among known cases. This compares with a 0.99% mortality rate at the state level, and a 1.79% mortality rate at the national level.

 

Hospitalizations: We presently have 87 cases* in the hospital. This is 4 more than what we reported yesterday. We have had a total of 711 hospitalizations resulting in a 5.88% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 17) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 5.17%. The latest data shows that 97.8% of Lake Cumberland’s ICU beds are filled, and 28.8% of ventilator capicity is being utilized. (*This number is an estimation. Due to the high numbers, we only check with the hospitals on Fridays now. Therefore, the best time to see the most accurate hospital data will be in the Saturday News Brief.)

 

Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 12,089 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 5.79% of our total population have 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.

 

Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 200 cases today from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 17; Casey: 11; Clinton: 12; Cumberland: 8; Green: 6; McCreary: 27; Pulaski: 56; Russell: 22; Taylor: 15; and, Wayne: 26. In all, we have released 88.8% of our total cases.

 

Active (Current) Cases: Taking into account deaths and releases, our active cases decreased by 53 more than the new cases we added today. This leaves us with 1147 active cases in our district across all 10 of our district’s 10 counties. On 12/10/2020 we were at our peak number of active cases, 1335.

 

Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Businesses, Family, Long-term Care/Residential Facilities, and Schools. Of our active cases, 8% can not be tied back to another known case (community-spread cases).

 

New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 147 today: Adair: 2; Casey: 9; Clinton: 14; Cumberland: 4; Green: 9; McCreary: 14; Pulaski: 56; Russell: 4; Taylor: 14; and, Wayne: 21. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.015. This means our total case count is projected to double every 46.19 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 12/17/2020 when we added 292 cases.
 

Today’s new cases include:

Adair: A 59-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Adair: A 54-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 48-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 69-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Casey: A 23-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Casey: A 84-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 45-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 19-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 25-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 7months-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 41-year-old male who is self-isolated, Lost to follow up;
Clinton: A 24-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 17-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 35-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 63-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 20-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 49-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 56-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 51-year-old male who is hospitalized, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 28-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 24-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 80-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 41-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Clinton: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 46-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Cumberland: A 10-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Cumberland: A 43-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Cumberland: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Cumberland: A 10-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 31-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 47-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Green: A 47-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 47-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 40-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 21-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 55-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 58-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 78-year-old male who is hospitalized, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 8-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 26-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 24-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
McCreary: A 67-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 65-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 8-year-old female who is released, Asymptomatic;
McCreary: A 67-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 53-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
McCreary: A 57-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 25-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 49-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 37-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 63-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 57-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 42-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Pulaski: A 56-year-old male who is self-isolated, unknown;
Pulaski: A 61-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 58-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 18-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 61-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 65-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 36-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 44-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 29-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 35-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 23-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 60-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 66-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 56-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 22-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 44-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 62-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 23-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 41-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 74-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 34-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 66-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 63-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 14-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 19-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 54-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 28-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 43-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 24-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 44-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 23-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 22-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 31-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 17-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Pulaski: A 31-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 58-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 33-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 17-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 19-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 37-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 24-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 26-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 19-year-old male who is released, Asymptomatic;
Pulaski: A 34-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 40-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 47-year-old male who is released, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 26-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 17-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 56-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 66-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 40-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 17-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 56-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 56-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 29-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 25-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 83-year-old male who is hospitalized, Asymptomatic;
Russell: A 8months-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 55-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 59-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 27-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 38-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 66-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 69-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 46-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Taylor: A 23-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 81-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 56-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 7 Month-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Taylor: A 18-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 63-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 68-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 63-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Wayne: A 83-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 72-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 15-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 87-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 62-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Wayne: A 41-year-old female who is self-isolated, unknown;
Wayne: A 79-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 37-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Wayne: A 39-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 64-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 29-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 24-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 81-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Wayne: A 58-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 60-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 36-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 49-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 77-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic

 

We neglected to report one death yesterday, a 69-year-old female from Casey who had been hospitalized.

 

On some positive notes, after a long period of steady growth, this week’s new case numbers (1,174) were down for Lake Cumberland compared to last week (1,433). This marks the second week of decline at the state level. Also, our active cases are down by 164 compared to last Saturday (1,147 vs 1,311). However, we have 1 more hospitalized case today (87) compared to last Saturday (86). We also experienced 24 deaths this week. Hopefully, Kentucky and Lake Cumberland have now plateaued, and we will see additional declining numbers over the days to come. With vaccinations on the horizon, perhaps we are at the beginning of the end of our fight with COVID-19.

 

That being said, it is not yet time to let down our guard. After months of keeping COVID-19 largely out of several area nursing homes, most are now seeing cases. They just could not withstand the latest community spike. This is a real shame with vaccinations so close at hand. Please do your part so we do not repeat these types of scenarios. How can we all pitch in? 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 the touching of our faces.

 

The Lake Cumberland area has experienced 12,089 cumulative confirmed cases and there have been 241,223 confirmed COVID-19 cases across all 120 Kentucky Counties as of today (this includes 240,564 statewide plus 659 recently reported cases in Lake Cumberland not in the Governor’s/Department for Public Health’s daily report).
 

Regardless of the confirmed case count for any Lake Cumberland County, we believe COVID-19 to be widespread. The LCDHD is working tirelessly, including nights and weekends, to identify and contact all those with whom any positive case may have come into close contact, and to follow-up daily with positive cases. Additionally, we are striving diligently to follow-up on business-related complaints regarding noncompliance with the Governor’s Executive Orders. We are also working with any community partner that requests assistance for prevention or post-exposure planning/response.

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