Of today’s 364 reported cases, 319 (88%) were unvaccinated and 75 of today’s cases (21%) were in individuals 18 years of age or younger. Please take the necessary precautions to protect yourself and your loved ones. Consider getting the vaccine if you are eligible and haven’t, and wear a mask when in indoor settings where there are large crowds.
Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 10.4%.
Deaths: We regret we must report 8 new deaths since our last report. We have experienced a total of 608 deaths resulting in a 1.66% mortality rate (about 1 in 60) among known cases. This compares with a 1.26% mortality rate at the state level and a 1.6% 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 54 cases in the hospital. This is 9 more than what we reported in our last report. We have had a total of 1,611 hospitalizations resulting in a 4.39% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 23) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 4.2%. The latest data shows that 56.18% of Lake Cumberland’s ICU beds are filled, and 32.89% of ventilator capacity is being utilized.
Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 36,659 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 17.55% 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, 1.28% are reinfections, and 5.44% contracted the virus after being fully vaccinated (breakthrough cases). In the last week, 6.73% of our new cases were breakthrough cases.
Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 250 cases since our last report from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 22; Casey: 13; Clinton: 10; Cumberland: 4; Green: 16; McCreary: 39; Pulaski: 45; Russell: 26; Taylor: 42; and, Wayne: 33. In all, we have released 95.5% of our total cases.
Active (Current) Cases: Since our last report, we added 106 more cases than we had deceased and/or released cases. This leaves us with 1,043 active cases in our district across all 10 of our district’s 10 counties. On 09/03/2021 we were at our peak number of active cases, 1,814.
Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Schools, Businesses, Family, and Long-term Care/Residential Facilities. Of our active cases, 7% can not be tied back to another known case (community-spread cases).
New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 364 since our last report. Our new cases (including suspect cases) are as follows: Adair: 39; Casey: 21; Clinton: 10; Green: 26; McCreary: 25; Pulaski: 138; Russell: 30; Taylor: 39; and, Wayne: 36. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.00694. This means our total case count is projected to double every 100.29 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 09/07/2021 when we added 730 cases.
The deaths reported on Tuesday night include one Adair County resident (unvaccinated), one Cumberland County resident (unvaccinated), three McCreary County residents (two unvaccinated, one vaccinated), and three Pulaski County residents (two unvaccinated, one vaccinated). We are so very sorry for these losses.
Again, we encourage our citizens to take the COVID-19 vaccine, which is safe and very effective. Of our 22,590 new cases since the vaccine started becoming available, almost 94.56% were unvaccinated.
Below are our area’s COVID-19 vaccination uptake rates compared to the state average (last updated 9/24/2021).
State – 60.00%
Taylor – 52.42%
Pulaski – 48.89%
Russell – 46.21%
Green – 41.08%
McCreary – 40.80%
Wayne – 40.42%
Cumberland – 40.26%
Clinton – 37.99%
Adair – 37.71%
Casey – 35.29%
For more statewide information click: statewide information.
