Henderson County has reported 59 new cases this week.
An earlier death of a Henderson County resident was attributed to COVID after a state audit of death certificates, raising the total to 76 in the county. A previously reported death of an Ohio County resident was determined not to be COVID-related.
Despite the spike in cases, Henderson County dropped from the red or critical level to the orange or accelerated level on the state s incidence rate map on Thursday. The incidence rate, which measures the average daily cases per 100,000 population over the past seven days, dropped to 17.7 as of Thursday afternoon in the county. Webster County and Union County remained in the yellow or community spread level with incidence rates of 9.9 and 6.0, respectively.
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Henderson County had reported 10 new cases on Monday and 11 on Tuesday.
Overall, the GRDHD reported 30 new cases in its seven-county district on Wednesday with 17 of those in Daviess County. Webster County and McLean County had four new cases apiece with Hancock County and Ohio County each having one. Union County did not report any new cases.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9,684 Henderson County residents (21%) are fully vaccinated and 1,672,364 unique individuals have been vaccinated in Kentucky as of April 20. For Union County, 2,697 residents (19%) are fully vaccinated and 2,818 (22%) Webster County residents are fully vaccinated.
The CDC considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they ve been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).
HENDERSON, Ky. Henderson County recorded 10 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Monday as reported by the Green River District Health Department.
Overall, the GRDHD reported 39 new cases in its seven-county district on Friday with 26 of those in Daviess County. McLean County, Union County and Webster County had one new case apiece.
Last week, the Green River District saw 243 new cases and five COVID-related deaths.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9,577 Henderson County residents (21%) are fully vaccinated and 1,660,753 unique individuals have been vaccinated in Kentucky as of April 18. For Union County, 2,675 residents (19%) are fully vaccinated and 2,810 (21%) Webster County residents are fully vaccinated.