Of today’s 96 reported cases, 80 (83%) were unvaccinated and 17 of today’s cases (18%) were in individuals 18 years of age or younger. Our new cases (including suspect cases) are as follows: Adair: 4; Casey: 4; Clinton: 17; Cumberland: 6; Green: 5; McCreary: 2; Pulaski: 34; Russell: 10; Taylor: 13; and, Wayne: 1. 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: 5.08%.
Deaths: We are sad to report 1 new death since our last report. We have experienced a total of 672 deaths resulting in a 1.65% mortality rate (about 1 in 61) among known cases. This compares with a 1.31% mortality rate at the state level and a 1.62% 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 57 cases in the hospital. This is 2 more than what we reported in our last report. We have had a total of 1,722 hospitalizations resulting in a 4.24% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 24) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 4.23%. The latest data shows that 94.34% of Lake Cumberland’s ICU beds are filled, and 26.32% of ventilator capacity is being utilized.
Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 40,610 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 19.44% 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, 1.37% are reinfections, and 5.35% contracted the virus after being fully vaccinated (breakthrough cases). In the last week, 3.15% of our new cases were breakthrough cases.
Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 72 cases since our last report from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 2; Casey: 3; Clinton: 7; Cumberland: 4; Green: 7; McCreary: 5; Pulaski: 19; Russell: 10; Taylor: 9; and, Wayne: 6. In all, we have released 97.3% of our total cases.
Active (Current) Cases: Since our last report, we added 23 more cases than we had deceased and/or released cases. This leaves us with 408 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, 1,715.
Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Schools, Businesses, Family, and Medical Facilities. Of our active cases, 0% can not be tied back to another known case (community-spread cases).
New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 96 since our last report. Our new cases (including suspect cases) are as follows: Adair: 4; Casey: 4; Clinton: 17; Cumberland: 6; Green: 5; McCreary: 2; Pulaski: 34; Russell: 10; Taylor: 13; and, Wayne: 1. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.00188. This means our total case count is projected to double every 368.46 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 09/07/2021 when we added 730 cases.
The death included in tonight’s report was a Pulaski County resident (unvaccinated).
Again, we encourage our citizens to take the COVID-19 vaccine, which is safe and very effective. Of our 26,541 new cases since the vaccine started becoming available, almost 94.65% were unvaccinated.
Below are our area’s COVID-19 vaccination uptake rates compared to the state average (last updated 10/27/2021).
State – 62.00%
Taylor – 54.43%
Pulaski – 51.32%
Russell – 47.77%
Green – 43.11%
McCreary – 42.75%
Wayne – 42.79%
Cumberland – 42.08%
Clinton – 40.89%
Adair – 39.31%
Casey – 36.78%
