Kentucky
COVID numbers on the rise in Kentucky – Winchester Sun
There was not a lot excellent news to be present in Kentucky’s weekly COVID-19 report that was issued on Monday, because the variety of new circumstances, deaths, and the positivity price rose, in comparison with final week’s figures.
A complete of 9,761 new circumstances have been reported to state public well being officers in the course of the previous seven days, in comparison with 7,140 in the course of the earlier week. There has now been a complete of 1,354,787, because the first case was reported in Kentucky on March 6, 2020.
Sixteen counties had 100 or extra circumstances final week, in comparison with 12 within the Might 30 report. Jefferson County had 1,925, Fayette 816, Hardin 203, Kenton 186, Madison 184, McCracken 163, Boone 153, Warren 150, Campbell 148, Boyd 136, Bullitt 128, Clark 117, Scott 116, Oldham 108, whereas Jessamine and Pike counties every had 101.
Whereas the variety of COVID-related deaths fell from 79 on Might 23 to 37 within the Might 30 report, it jumped again as much as 59 on this Monday afternoon’s report. A complete of 16,004 Kentuckians misplaced as a result of coronavirus, because the begin of the pandemic.
Kentucky’s positivity price, primarily based on the ratio of all exams to those who got here out optimistic, elevated by greater than a full share level over the previous seven days, from 11.21% to 12.42%. That’s the highest it has been since mid-February, when a giant decline was underway that lasted till the center of April.
The hospital census has additionally seen an across-the-board rise. At present, there are 299 Kentuckians hospitalized, with 34 of them within the ICU and 17 on a ventilator. The earlier week’s numbers have been 234, 29 and 9, respectively, by comparability.
Because of this, hospital mattress utilization, which incorporates all sufferers not simply these with COVID, is at the moment at 76.15% of capability statewide. ICU beds are 74.11% utilized, and ventilator utilization is at 15.50%, all representing will increase in the course of the previous seven days.
The most recent weekly Group Degree map, which was launched by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention on Friday, signifies that whereas most Kentucky counties stay within the inexperienced or low class, 20 at the moment are yellow, or medium degree, which is down from 21 the earlier week. Nonetheless, seven counties, Boyd, Crittenden, Greenup, Lawrence, McCracken, and Pike, have reached crimson, or excessive group degree of COVID. McCracken is the one county within the crimson for 3 straight weeks.
For the most recent data on the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky and extra steerage, go to the Division for Public Well being’s web site, at http://kycovid19.ky.gov/.