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LCDHD COVID-19 Public Information Brief 2/23/2021 By Amy Tomlinson Lake Cumberland District Health Department We added more cases today than last Tuesday, so our 7-day average incidence rate went up. We still have 5 counties in the "orange-critical" range of community-spread: Casey, Clinton, McCreary, Pulaski, and Wayne. We have 5 counties are in the "red-critical" range of community-spread: Adair, Cumberland, Green, Russell, and Taylor. Schools have moved back into second place for the most common place visited before a positive case is isolated. While the kids are the least likely to get sick from the virus, and while the staff are in the vaccination process, there is concern that community-spread will happen between the kids at school and then from the kids to their parents and grandparents, then to work and church. The bottom-line, we shouldn't become cavilier with following the guidance. While more and more vaccine sites are opening in our area and more and more vaccine is flowing in, until the vaccine is widely available, let's all do our part in slowing the spread of COVID-19 by wearing our face coverings, avoiding crowds (especially in confined spaces), social distancing when around others, increasing our hand hygiene, increasing our general sanitation, and by avoiding touching our faces. Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 6.3%. Deaths: We are happy to report no new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 352 deaths resulting in a 1.75% mortality rate (about 1 in 57) among known cases. This compares with a 1.12% mortality rate at the state level, and a 1.78% mortality rate at the national level. Hospitalizations: We presently have 42 cases in the hospital. This is 3 less than what we reported yesterday. We have had a total of 1,108 hospitalizations resulting in a 5.52% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 18) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 4.7%. The latest data shows that 88.89% of Lake Cumberland's ICU beds are filled, and 30.65% of ventilator capacity is being utilized. Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 20,067 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 9.61% of our total population have been a confirmed case. However, we do not know how many additional people may have had COVID-19 and were either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and never tested. Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 88 cases today from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 7; Casey: 3; Clinton: 5; Cumberland: 2; McCreary: 13; Pulaski: 15; Russell: 18; Taylor: 21; and, Wayne: 4. In all, we have released 96.3% of our total cases. Active (Current) Cases: We added 3 more cases today than we had deceased and/or released cases. This leaves us with 393 active cases in our district across all 10 of our district's 10 counties. On 12/10/2020 we were at our peak number of active cases, 1,342. Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Businesses, Schools, Family, and Medical Facilities. Of our active cases, 8% can not be tied back to another known case (community-spread cases). New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 91 today: Adair: 10; Casey: 4; Clinton: 3; Cumberland: 2; Green: 5; McCreary: 5; Pulaski: 36; Russell: 9; Taylor: 10; and, Wayne: 7. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.003. This means our total case count is projected to double every 223.37 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 12/30/2020 when we added 301 cases. Today's new cases include:
https://www.lcdhd.org/info-tools/health-assessments-and-statistics/health_report_card/covid19-state-wide-outbreak-2/covid-19-media-public/daily-brief This story was posted on 2021-02-24 04:43:59
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