A total of 11 more cases of COVID-19 and 27 more recoveries from the virus were reported Tuesday for the Green River District. New cases were reported in Daviess (8), Henderson (1) and Ohio (2) counties. Recoveries were in Daviess (12), Hancock (1), Henderson (4) and Ohio (10) counties.
Of the 693 total cases reported by Green River District Health Department in the seven-county district, 559 (81%) have now recovered and 80 (12%) have required hospitalization. There are 17 patients currently hospitalized, and there have been 10 deaths — five in Daviess County, four in Henderson County, and one in McLean County.
The county totals are:
- Daviess County – 325 cases, 275 recovered, 9 current hospitalizations, 31 ever hospitalized, 5 deaths
- Hancock County – 8 cases, 7 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 1 ever hospitalized
- Henderson County – 119 cases, 92 recovered, 6 current hospitalizations, 26 ever hospitalized, 4 deaths
- McLean County – 24 cases, 21 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 4 ever hospitalized, 1 death
- Ohio County – 170 cases, 125 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 11 ever hospitalized
- Union County – 13 cases, 8 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 1 ever hospitalized
- Webster County – 34 cases, 31 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 6 ever hospitalized
Patients range in age from 7 months-93 years old, with an average age of 43. To date, 54.1% of patients have been male and 45.9% have been female. Cases by age range are (not all demographic information is available yet because of late and incomplete reporting from a testing site):
- <1 — 2 cases
- 1-11 — 13 cases
- 12-19 — 28 cases
- 20-29 — 123 cases
- 30-39 — 153 cases
- 40-49 — 148 cases
- 50-59 — 100 cases
- 60-69 — 69 cases
- 70-79 — 30 cases
- 80+ — 23 cases
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.
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