COVID-19 update: 2 deaths, 60 cases, 83 recoveries reported for district

October 22, 2020 | 11:07 am

Updated October 23, 2020 | 11:00 am

Graphic by Owensboro Times

A total of 60 more cases of COVID-19 and 83 recoveries were confirmed Thursday for the Green River District. Coronavirus-related deaths were reported for Hancock (1) and Henderson (1) counties.

As reported by Green River District Health Department:

  • New cases by county: Daviess (20), Henderson (17), McLean (4), Ohio (9), Union (5), Webster (5)
  • New recoveries by county: Daviess (8), Hancock (3), Henderson (57), McLean (2), Ohio (3), Union (5), Webster (5)
  • Total number of reported cases in the district: 4,701
  • Total number of reported cases now recovered: 3,931 (83%)
  • Total number of reported cases currently hospitalized: 36
  • Total number of cases that have required hospitalization: 343 (7%)
  • Total number of deaths in the district: 82

The county totals to date are:

  • Daviess County – 1,820 cases, 1,612 recovered, 12 current hospitalizations, 128 ever hospitalized, 28 deaths
  • Hancock County – 117 cases, 93 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 7 ever hospitalized, 2 deaths
  • Henderson County – 1,226 cases, 954 recovered, 11 current hospitalizations, 96 ever hospitalized, 29 deaths
  • McLean County – 164 cases, 110 recovered, 3 current hospitalization2, 15 ever hospitalized, 3 deaths
  • Ohio County – 596 cases, 508 recovered, 5 current hospitalizations, 41 ever hospitalized, 9 deaths
  • Union County – 487 cases, 416 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 34 ever hospitalized, 6 deaths
  • Webster County – 291 cases, 238 recovered, 2 current hospitalization, 22 ever hospitalized, 5 deaths

Demographics (not all demographic information is available because of incomplete reporting from a testing site):

  • Age range: 1 month-100 years old
  • Average age: 45
  • Male: 45.3%
  • Female: 54.7%

Cases by age range are :

  • <1 — 16 cases
  • 1-11 — 136 cases
  • 12-19 — 368 cases
  • 20-29 — 810 cases
  • 30-39 — 745 cases
  • 40-49 — 722 cases
  • 50-59 — 664 cases
  • 60-69 — 592 cases
  • 70-79 — 379 cases
  • 80+ — 263 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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October 22, 2020 | 11:07 am

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