Webster County Returns to Kentucky s Red COVID-19 Status
In western Kentucky, Webster County has re-entered the state health department s Red COVID-19 status, classifying it as the only county in the Bluegrass State with a critical coronavirus incidence rate.
Posted: Jun 9, 2021 8:22 AM
Updated: Jun 9, 2021 8:32 AM
Posted By: Adam Kight
The Kentucky Department for Public Health currently shows Webster County as a Red county on its COVID-19 Incidence Rate map.
According to the state health department s map, Webster County is currently averaging 30.9 new daily cases per 100,000 population (based on the last seven days). A county needs an average of 25 new daily cases to be classified as red.
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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.