Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 8.04%.
Deaths: We are sad to report 3 new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 230 deaths resulting in a 1.79% mortality rate (about 1 in 56) among known cases. This compares with a 0.99% mortality rate at the state level, and a 1.75% 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 91 cases* in the hospital. This is 3 more than what we reported yesterday. We have had a total of 761 hospitalizations resulting in a 5.91% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 17) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 5.1%. The latest data shows that 87% of Lake Cumberland’s ICU beds are filled, and 24.1% 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 12,878 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 6.16% 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 355 cases today from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 17; Casey: 10; Clinton: 36; Cumberland: 9; Green: 20; McCreary: 29; Pulaski: 151; Russell: 19; Taylor: 27; and, Wayne: 37. In all, we have released 91.3% of our total cases.
Active (Current) Cases: Taking into account deaths and releases, our active cases decreased by 240 more than the new cases we added today. This leaves us with 887 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, 1,338.
Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Businesses, Long-term Care/Residential Facilities, Family, and Schools. Of our active cases, 11% can not be tied back to another known case (community-spread cases).
New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 118 today: Adair: 5; Casey: 2; Clinton: 21; Cumberland: 2; Green: 9; McCreary: 5; Pulaski: 44; Russell: 5; Taylor: 10; and, Wayne: 15. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.009. This means our total case count is projected to double every 76.36 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 12/17/2020 when we added 291 cases.
Today’s new cases include:
Adair: A 62-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Adair: A 32-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Adair: A 48-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Adair: A 39-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Adair: A 40-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 67-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 17-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 5-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 18-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 13-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 15-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 51-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 56-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 13-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 11 months-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 3-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 26-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 51-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 59-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 74-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 14-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 29-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 6-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 9-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 76-year-old male who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Clinton: A 1-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Clinton: A 19-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Cumberland: A 47-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Cumberland: A 21-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Green: A 7-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 37-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 73-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 56-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 79-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Green: A 17-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 82-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 65-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 5-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
McCreary: A 30-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 14-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 67-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 36-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
McCreary: A 14-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 43-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 53-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 53-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 23-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 24-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 32-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 26-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 27-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 64-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 93-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 39-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 71-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 20-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 73-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 67-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 60-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 57-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 58-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 32-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 65-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 53-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 80-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Pulaski: A 49-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 23-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 50-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 65-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 66-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 40-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 35-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 58-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Pulaski: A 53-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 48-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 54-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 71-year-old male who is released, unknown;
Pulaski: A 60-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 53-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 4-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 81-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 53-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 self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 22-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 81-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 39-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 14-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 45-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 35-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 15-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 27-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Russell: A 14-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 25-year-old male who is self-isolated, unknown;
Taylor: A 39-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Taylor: A 87-year-old female who is self-isolated, unknown;
Taylor: A 20-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 58-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 29-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 41-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 13-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 68-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 41-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 42-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 29-year-old female who is self-isolated, unknown;
Wayne: A 62-year-old male who is self-isolated, unknown;
Wayne: A 72-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 62-year-old female who is hospitalized, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 76-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 65-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 39-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 16-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 48-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 64-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 83-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 47-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 45-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Wayne: A 73-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Our 7-day average incidence report will be off for a few days due to not reporting cases on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Also, a close look at today’s numbers will appear that the Wayne and Taylor numbers are off. This is because we moved 2 cases from Wayne to Taylor. Our Pulaski numbers are also off by 1 since we removed one duplicate Pulaski case today.
The 3 deaths we report today are: a 78-year-old male from Adair who had been hospitalized; an 83-year-old male from Wayne who had been hospitalized; and an 88-year-old female from Wayne who had been hospitalized.
Though we know our numbers are very likely skewed due to the holidays since fewer testing sites were open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we are thankful our numbers are lower. The weekly total of new cases is down for the third week at the state level and for the 2nd week for Lake Cumberland. This week we added 791 new cases, last week, 1,172. Last week on Saturday we had 1,138 active cases, today, 887. We did experience 14 deaths this week, and our hospitalizations are higher compared to last week (91 vs 80).
The biggest news of the week was that vaccinations started becoming available in our District this week. Area nursing homes have began being vaccinated via a federal contract with CVS and Walgreens pharmacies. Area hospitals and local health departments have received limited supplies of vaccine to vaccinate medial and medical support staff. Watch our Daily Brief and social media posts for breaking vaccination information.
Unitl the vaccine is widely available, please, 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 the touching of our faces.
The Lake Cumberland area has experienced 12,878 cumulative confirmed cases and there have been 256,155 confirmed COVID-19 cases across all 120 Kentucky Counties as of today (this includes 255,563 statewide plus 592 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 with positive cases when ready to be released. 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. Finally, we are working with all community partners regarding vaccination planning.
For more statistics and local data go to LCDHD COVID-19 Information.
