HENDERSON, Ky. In a relatively quiet day of reporting for the Tri-County, Henderson, Webster and Union counties combined for 11 new confirmed cases Thursday, according to the Green River District Health Department.
Henderson County reported nine new cases while Webster County reported two. There were no new cases reported Thursday in Union County.
Overall, there were 64 new cases in the seven-county district, with 43 in Daviess County, six in Ohio County, three in Hancock County and one in McLean County.
The GRDHD also reported the COVID-related death of a Daviess County resident.
The incidence rate, which measures the average daily cases per 100k population over the past seven days, dipped slightly to 45.5 in Henderson County as of Wednesday, which held it in the red or critical level. The incidence rate for Union County and Webster County remained in the critical level at 26.8 and 74, respectively.
Late last month, Gov. Andy Beshear held a memorial for the Kentuckians who died of COVID-19.
“Every flag you see out here today represents a real Kentuckian,” Beshear said. “Every single one. Every loss is heartbreaking.”
But missing were flags for at least 768 more Kentuckians that local health departments had already reported died of COVID-19. By that day, local health departments reported nearly 4,100 Kentuckians had lost their lives to the virus.
A WFPL News analysis of local and regional health department data on COVID deaths found counties reported 23% more deaths than the state had by Jan. 21, a number that was not passed on to the public as coronavirus deaths surged.
HENDERSON, Ky. The COVID-related death of a Union County resident was reported Wednesday by the Green River District Health Department.
The death was the 12th in the county and the 316th in the seven-county Green River District since the pandemic began.
Henderson County recorded 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as the GRDHD reported 122 new cases in the district with seven of those in Union County and three in Webster County. Daviess County had 73 new cases, along with 13 in Ohio County, eight in Hancock County and three in McLean County.
The COVID-related death of an Ohio County resident was also reported on Wednesday.
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