HENDERSON, Ky. — Henderson County has recorded 65 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one COVID-related death in the past week.
The COVID-related death was reported Tuesday by the Green River District Health Department. The death was the 79th in the county attributed to COVID since the pandemic began.
Since May 12, Union County has recorded 24 new cases and Webster County has had 25 new cases over the same period.
The incidence rate, which measures the average daily cases per 100,000 population over the past seven days, remained in the "red" or critical level for Webster County at 30.9 as of Tuesday afternoon. Henderson County and Union County each remained in the "orange" or accelerated level with rates of 20.5 and 22.8, respectively.