A total of 10 new cases of COVID-19 were announced for the area Friday morning, including three in Daviess County. One new case was reported in Hancock County, as were two each in Henderson, Union and Webster counties.
Of the 167 total cases reported by Green River District Health Department in the seven-county district, 81 (49%) have now recovered and 30 (18%) have required hospitalization. There are nine patients currently hospitalized, and there have been four deaths — three in Daviess County and one in McLean County.
The Health Department provided clarification on why there are sometimes discrepancies between the numbers it reports and other sources. The cases being reported from GRDHD have been investigated and confirmed locally. These cases are then reported to the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
There are multiple steps and redundancies in the reporting process to make sure that case information is accurate and to ensure cases do not go unreported. This process sometimes may result in lags between state and local reporting and some discrepancies from duplicate reports. The Health Department is actively working with other partners to identify and address all reporting discrepancies as quickly as possible.
The county totals are:
- Daviess County – 98 cases, 53 recovered, 4 current hospitalizations, 15 ever hospitalized, 3 deaths
- Hancock County – 6 cases, 2 recovered
- Henderson County – 30 cases, 14 recovered, 1 hospitalization, 6 ever hospitalized
- McLean County – 6 cases, 2 recovered, 1 hospitalization, 2 ever hospitalized, 1 death
- Ohio County – 11 cases, 4 recovered, 2 hospitalizations, 5 ever hospitalized
- Union County – 6 cases, 3 recovered
- Webster County – 10 cases, 3 recovered, 1 hospitalization, 2 ever hospitalized
Patients range in age from 16-92, with an average age of 48. To date, 56.3% of patients have been female and 43.7% have been male. Cases by age range are:
- 1-19 — 5 cases
- 20-29 — 20 cases
- 30-39 — 29 cases
- 40-49 — 37 cases
- 50-59 — 28 cases
- 60-69 — 29 cases
- 70-79 — 11 cases
- 80+ — 8 cases
Cases are expected to continue to rise as testing capacity increases in the area and across the state.
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