The Green River District Health Department reported 61 new confirmed COVID-19 infections and 4 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday — with 7 cases and 2 deaths in Daviess County. The newly reported cases were investigated over the last 7-day period. This will be the last COVID-19 case update from Owensboro Times, unless there is a significant rise in numbers in the future.
The current 7-day average is 9 new cases per day for the seven-county region.
The CDC offers a tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest COVID-19 data. COVID-19 Community Levels for every county can be found here.
Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area.
Daviess County is currently classified as a low level.
