COVID-19 update: 27 cases, 14 recoveries reported for district

April 29, 2021 | 11:01 am

Updated April 29, 2021 | 11:02 am

Graphic by Owensboro Times

A total of 27 more cases of COVID-19 and 14 new recoveries were announced Thursday for the Green River District, including 18 cases and 7 recoveries in Daviess County.

As reported by Green River District Health Department:

  • New cases by county: Daviess (18), Hancock (2), Henderson (2), McLean (2), Ohio (2), Webster (1)
  • New recoveries by county: Daviess (7), Hancock (1), Henderson (2), McLean (1), Ohio (1), Webster (2)
  • Total number of reported cases in the district: 21,527
  • Total number of reported cases now recovered: 19,314 (90%)
  • Total number of reported cases currently hospitalized: 9
  • Total number of cases that have required hospitalization: 881 (4%)
  • Total number of deaths in the district: 384

The county totals to date are:

  • Daviess County – 10,300 cases, 9,315 recovered, 3 current hospitalizations, 355 ever hospitalized, 176 deaths
  • Hancock County – 839 cases, 757 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 22 ever hospitalized, 16 deaths
  • Henderson County – 4,567 cases, 3,987 recovered, 3 current hospitalizations, 207 ever hospitalized, 75 deaths
  • McLean County – 860 cases, 786 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 50 ever hospitalized, 28 deaths
  • Ohio County – 2,478 cases, 2,244 recovered, 0 current hospitalization, 118 ever hospitalized, 54 deaths
  • Union County – 1,274 cases, 1,167 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 69 ever hospitalized, 15 deaths
  • Webster County – 1,209 cases, 1,056 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 60 ever hospitalized, 20 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: 43
  • Male: 46.8%
  • Female: 53.2%

Cases by age range are :

  • <1 — 88 cases
  • 1-11 — 800 cases
  • 12-19 — 2,007 cases
  • 20-29 — 3,563 cases
  • 30-39 — 3,429 cases
  • 40-49 — 3,369 cases
  • 50-59 — 3,087 cases
  • 60-69 — 2,553 cases
  • 70-79 — 1,556 cases
  • 80+ — 1,075 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.

April 29, 2021 | 11:01 am

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