At least one 15-year-old is among the total of 22 new cases of COVID-19 reported Wednesday for the Green River District, making them the youngest confirmed patient in the area so far. New cases were announced for Daviess (11), McLean (1), Ohio (1), Henderson (1), Union (1) and Webster (7) counties.
Of the 241 total cases reported by Green River District Health Department in the seven-county district, 120 (50%) have now recovered and 41 (17%) have required hospitalization. There are 14 patients currently hospitalized, and there have been four deaths — three in Daviess County and one in McLean County.
The cases reported by GRDHD have been investigated and confirmed locally. These cases are then reported to the Kentucky Department for Public Health. This process sometimes may result in lags between state and local reporting and some discrepancies from duplicate reports.
The county totals are:
- Daviess County – 136 cases, 72 recovered, 5 current hospitalizations, 18 ever hospitalized, 3 deaths
- Hancock County – 6 cases, 3 recovered
- Henderson County – 44 cases, 24 recovered, 4 current hospitalizations, 11 ever hospitalized
- McLean County – 8 cases, 2 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 2 ever hospitalized, 1 death
- Ohio County – 19 cases, 8 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 5 ever hospitalized
- Union County – 7 cases, 3 recovered
- Webster County – 21 cases, 8 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 5 ever hospitalized
Patients range in age from 15-93, with an average age of 46. To date, 50.2% of patients have been male and 49.8% have been female. Cases by age range are:
- 1-19 — 9 cases
- 20-29 — 39 cases
- 30-39 — 46 cases
- 40-49 — 51 cases
- 50-59 — 39 cases
- 60-69 — 31 cases
- 70-79 — 14 cases
- 80+ — 12 cases
Cases are expected to continue to rise as testing capacity increases in the area and across the state.
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