COVID-19 update: 51 cases, 16 recoveries reported for district

April 15, 2021 | 11:10 am

Updated April 15, 2021 | 11:10 am

Graphic by Owensboro Times

A total of 51 more cases of COVID-19 and 16 new recoveries were announced Thursday for the Green River District, including 17 cases and 11 recoveries in Daviess County.

As reported by Green River District Health Department:

  • New cases by county: Daviess (17), Hancock (1), Henderson (30), Ohio (1), Union (1), Webster (1)
  • New recoveries by county: Daviess (11), Henderson (3), McLean (1), Webster (1)
  • Total number of reported cases in the district: 21,154
  • Total number of reported cases now recovered: 18,978 (90%)
  • Total number of reported cases currently hospitalized: 8
  • Total number of cases that have required hospitalization: 888 (4%)
  • Total number of deaths in the district: 384

The county totals to date are:

  • Daviess County – 10,098 cases, 9,143 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 359 ever hospitalized, 175 deaths
  • Hancock County – 818 cases, 737 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 22 ever hospitalized, 16 deaths
  • Henderson County – 4,469 cases, 3,898 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 208 ever hospitalized, 75 deaths
  • McLean County – 850 cases, 778 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 50 ever hospitalized, 28 deaths
  • Ohio County – 2,467 cases, 2,226 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 124 ever hospitalized, 55 deaths
  • Union County – 1,264 cases, 1,155 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 67 ever hospitalized, 15 deaths
  • Webster County – 1,188 cases, 1,041 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 58 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: 46.7%
  • Female: 53.3%

Cases by age range are :

  • <1 — 85 cases
  • 1-11 — 777 cases
  • 12-19 — 1,942 cases
  • 20-29 — 3,506 cases
  • 30-39 — 3,349 cases
  • 40-49 — 3,317 cases
  • 50-59 — 3,041 cases
  • 60-69 — 2,522 cases
  • 70-79 — 1,545 cases
  • 80+ — 1,070 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 15, 2021 | 11:10 am

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