COVID-19 update: 2 deaths, 27 cases, 36 recoveries reported for district

March 23, 2021 | 11:05 am

Updated March 24, 2021 | 11:06 am

Graphic by Owensboro Times

A total of 27 more cases of COVID-19 and 36 recoveries were announced Tuesday for the Green River District, including 16 cases and 8 recoveries in Daviess County. Coronavirus-related deaths were reported in Daviess (1) and Ohio (1) counties.

As reported by Green River District Health Department:

  • New cases by county: Daviess (14), Hancock (2), Henderson (5), McLean (1), Ohio (2), Union (3)
  • New recoveries by county: Daviess (16), Hancock (3), Henderson (11), McLean (2), Ohio (1), Webster (3)
  • Total number of reported cases in the district: 20,584
  • Total number of reported cases now recovered: 18,451 (90%)
  • Total number of reported cases currently hospitalized: 5
  • Total number of cases that have required hospitalization: 860 (4%)
  • Total number of deaths in the district: 373

The county totals to date are:

  • Daviess County – 9,806 cases, 8,862 recovered, 1 current hospitalizations, 349 ever hospitalized, 174 deaths
  • Hancock County – 796 cases, 709 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 22 ever hospitalized, 16 deaths
  • Henderson County – 4,333 cases, 3,783 recovered, 3 current hospitalization, 202 ever hospitalized, 70 deaths
  • McLean County – 833 cases, 764 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 48 ever hospitalized, 28 deaths
  • Ohio County – 2,424 cases, 2,184 recovered, 1 current hospitalizations, 121 ever hospitalized, 52 deaths
  • Union County – 1,232 cases, 1,130 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 64 ever hospitalized, 14 deaths
  • Webster County – 1,160 cases, 1,019 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 54 ever hospitalized, 19 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 — 84 cases
  • 1-11 — 756 cases
  • 12-19 — 1,848 cases
  • 20-29 — 3,396 cases
  • 30-39 — 3,251 cases
  • 40-49 — 3,221 cases
  • 50-59 — 2,962 cases
  • 60-69 — 2,482 cases
  • 70-79 — 1,524 cases
  • 80+ — 1,060 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.

March 23, 2021 | 11:05 am

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