COVID-19 update: 40 cases, 36 recoveries reported for district

May 12, 2021 | 11:01 am

Updated May 12, 2021 | 11:02 am

Graphic by Owensboro Times

A total of 40 more cases of COVID-19 and 36 new recoveries were announced Wednesday for the Green River District, including 13 new cases and 22 recoveries in Daviess County.

As reported by Green River District Health Department:

  • New cases by county: Daviess (13), Hancock (1), Henderson (14), McLean (1), Ohio (3), Union (4), Webster (4)
  • New recoveries by county: Daviess (22), Henderson (5), Ohio (4), Union (2), Webster (3)
  • Total number of reported cases in the district: 21,925
  • Total number of reported cases now recovered: 19,635 (90%)
  • Total number of reported cases currently hospitalized: 10
  • Total number of cases that have required hospitalization: 873 (4%)
  • Total number of deaths in the district: 395

The county totals to date are:

  • Daviess County – 10,487 cases, 9,505 recovered, 2 current hospitalizations, 345 ever hospitalized, 182 deaths
  • Hancock County – 850 cases, 768 recovered, 0 current hospitalizations, 22 ever hospitalized, 16 deaths
  • Henderson County – 4,666 cases, 4,058 recovered, 5 current hospitalizations, 210 ever hospitalized, 78 deaths
  • McLean County – 868 cases, 792 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 52 ever hospitalized, 28 deaths
  • Ohio County – 2,513 cases, 2,260 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 114 ever hospitalized, 56 deaths
  • Union County – 1,299 cases, 1,177 recovered, 1 current hospitalization, 70 ever hospitalized, 15 deaths
  • Webster County – 1,242 cases, 1,075 recovered, 0 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 — 90 cases
  • 1-11 — 816 cases
  • 12-19 — 2,070 cases
  • 20-29 — 3,633 cases
  • 30-39 — 3,501 cases
  • 40-49 — 3,435 cases
  • 50-59 — 3,140 cases
  • 60-69 — 2,586 cases
  • 70-79 — 1,568 cases
  • 80+ — 1,086 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.

May 12, 2021 | 11:01 am

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