COVID-19 update: 1 death, 25 cases, 24 recoveries reported for district

March 17, 2021 | 11:04 am

Updated March 17, 2021 | 11:05 am

Graphic by Owensboro Times

A total of 25 more cases of COVID-19 and 24 recoveries were announced Wednesday for the Green River District, including 8 cases and 14 recoveries in Daviess County. One coronavirus-related death was reported in Ohio County.

As reported by Green River District Health Department:

  • New cases by county: Daviess (8), Hancock (3), Henderson (10), McLean (1), Ohio (1), Webster (2)
  • New recoveries by county: Daviess (14), Henderson (2), McLean (1), Ohio (3), Union (2), Webster (2)
  • Total number of reported cases in the district: 20,401
  • Total number of reported cases now recovered: 18,358 (90%)
  • Total number of reported cases currently hospitalized: 10
  • Total number of cases that have required hospitalization: 855 (4%)
  • Total number of deaths in the district: 343

The county totals to date are:

  • Daviess County – 9,708 cases, 8,805 recovered, 4 current hospitalizations, 345 ever hospitalized, 160 deaths
  • Hancock County – 785 cases, 703 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 23 ever hospitalized, 15 deaths
  • Henderson County – 4,286 cases, 3,769 recovered, 2 current hospitalization, 200 ever hospitalized, 62 deaths
  • McLean County – 829 cases, 762 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 48 ever hospitalized, 26 deaths
  • Ohio County – 2,416 cases, 2,174 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 121 ever hospitalized, 50 deaths
  • Union County – 1,224 cases, 1,129 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 64 ever hospitalized, 13 deaths
  • Webster County – 1,153 cases, 1,016 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 54 ever hospitalized, 17 deaths

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

  • Age range: 1 month-102 years old
  • Average age: 44
  • Male: 46.7%
  • Female: 53.3%

Cases by age range are :

  • <1 — 81 cases
  • 1-11 — 745 cases
  • 12-19 — 1,816 cases
  • 20-29 — 3,362 cases
  • 30-39 — 3,229 cases
  • 40-49 — 3,189 cases
  • 50-59 — 2,936 cases
  • 60-69 — 2,473 cases
  • 70-79 — 1,514 cases
  • 80+ — 1,056 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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March 17, 2021 | 11:04 am

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