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LCDHD: District lags in vaccinations By Amy Tomlinson Lake Cumberland District Health Department Despite COVID-19 vaccines being abundantly available in our district, and despite Lake Cumberland's death rate (1.92%) from COVID-19 being higher than the state average (1.46%), and the national average (1.78%); and, despite our hospitalization rate (5.58%) being higher than the state average (4.93%), our district is showing a particularly poor uptake rate for the COVID-19 vaccine. Of the total population of the state, the federal COVID-19 vaccination dashboard shows that 41% of Kentuckians have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Unfortunately, every county in our district is below the state average (with McCreary being in the bottom 5 counties in the state). For our district, here is where we are:
Our 7-day average incidence chart is now showing 1 county in the "green-on-track" range, McCreary; 5 counties in the "yellow-community-spread" category, Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, and Wayne; and 4 counties in the "orange-accelerated" range of community-spread: Casey, Pulaski, Russell, and Taylor. We are thankful to not have any "red-critical" counties now. Keep in mind, some of our 7-day-incidence data will be skewed over the next few days as we are reconciling our data against the state data. Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 3.47%. Deaths: We are happy to report no new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 423 deaths resulting in a 1.92% mortality rate (about 1 in 52) among known cases. This compares with a 1.46% mortality rate at the state level and a 1.78% mortality rate at the national level. Hospitalizations: We presently have 15 cases in the hospital. This is 1 more than what we reported yesterday. We have had a total of 1,228 hospitalizations resulting in a 5.58% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 18) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 4.93%. The latest data shows that 77.78% of Lake Cumberland's ICU beds are filled, and 31.15% of ventilator capacity is being utilized. Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 21,988 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 10.53% of our total population has 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. Of our total cases, 0.47% are reinfections. Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 20 cases today from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 2; Casey: 4; Cumberland: 1; Green: 2; Pulaski: 7; Taylor: 3; and, Wayne: 1. In all, we have released 97.4% of our total cases. Active (Current) Cases: We added 16 more cases today than we had deceased and/or released cases. This leaves us with 141 active cases in our district across 9 of our district's 10 counties. On 12/10/2020 we were at our peak number of active cases, 1,343. Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Family, Businesses, Medical Facilities, and Schools. 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 36 today: Adair: 5; Casey: 4; Clinton: 1; Green: 1; Pulaski: 11; Russell: 5; Taylor: 4; and, Wayne: 5. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.001. This means our total case count is projected to double every 787.68 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 2021-05-04 19:34:58
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