COVID-19 update: 2 cases, 6 recoveries reported for district

June 21, 2020 | 11:05 am

Updated June 21, 2020 | 11:06 am

Graphic by Owensboro Times

A total of two more cases of COVID-19 and six recoveries from the virus were confirmed Sunday for the Green River District.

Both new cases were in Daviess County. Recoveries were in Daviess (2), Hancock (1) and Henderson (3) counties.

Of the 824 total cases reported by Green River District Health Department in the seven-county district, 719 (87%) have now recovered and 95 (12%) have required hospitalization. There are two patients currently hospitalized, and there have been 12 deaths — seven in Daviess County, four in Henderson County, and one in McLean County.

The county totals are:

  • Daviess County – 382 cases, 335 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 40 ever hospitalized, 7 deaths
  • Hancock County – 14 cases, 11 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 1 ever hospitalized
  • Henderson County – 152 cases, 125 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 30 ever hospitalized, 4 deaths
  • McLean County – 26 cases, 25 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 4 ever hospitalized, 1 death
  • Ohio County – 191 cases, 172 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 11 ever hospitalized
  • Union County – 22 cases, 16 recovered, 1 current hospitalizations, 2 ever hospitalized
  • Webster County – 37 cases, 35 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 7 ever hospitalized

Patients range in age from 7 months-93 years old, with an average age of 42. To date, 52.5% of patients have been male and 47.5% 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 — 16 cases
  • 12-19 — 44 cases
  • 20-29 — 148 cases
  • 30-39 — 181 cases
  • 40-49 — 179 cases
  • 50-59 — 110 cases
  • 60-69 — 81 cases
  • 70-79 — 36 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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June 21, 2020 | 11:05 am

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