After a recent spike in the number of cases daily, Daviess County is now in the Red Zone of Kentucky’s COVID-19 incidence rate according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard.
According to the state’s website, Daviess County’s average daily cases per 100,000 residents is 26.9 over the last seven days. A county is considered in the red zone when it has 25+ daily cases per 100,000 residents.
According to the state’s website, “The seven-day incidence is calculated by taking the total number of unique cases in each county over the past seven days, divided by seven to get a daily average, divided by the U.S. census bureau county population and multiplied by 100,000 to get the incidence per 100,000 people.”
Green River District Health Department officials warned this week that the county would likely enter the Red Zone duo to the uptick in cases. Officials there said earlier this week that the primary cause hasn’t been related to nursing homes or the reopening of schools — instead it was from community spread through a lack of physical distancing and mask wearing.
Of counties in the Green River District, Henderson, Union and Webster are also in the Red Zone while McLean, Hancock and Ohio are all in the Orange Zone (10-25 daily cases per 100,000 residents).
