The death was of a 77-year-old female.
On Wednesday the health department reported 47 new cases, which followed 71 new cases reported on Tuesday.
Laurel County has 1,320 active cases of the 3,190 total cases. Thirty-one of those active cases are hospitalized and 28 are in a congregate setting.
The Whitley County Health Department reported 38 new cases on Wednesday and 59 on Tuesday, bringing the county s total cases to 1,967. The active cases is reported as 390 with nine of those hospitalized.
Whitley County has seen 19 deaths related to the virus.
Knox County Health Department reported 25 new cases on Wednesday and 34 on Tuesday. The county has 1,624 total cases with 242 of those active.
Vaccine skepticism among African Americans stems from history of medical mistreatment Share Updated: 8:28 PM EST Dec 16, 2020 Share Updated: 8:28 PM EST Dec 16, 2020
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Show Transcript LOOKS AT THE HISTORICAL DISTRUST AMONG BLACK PEOPLE AND VACCINES. REPORTER: AS COVID-19 VACCINES START TO ROLL OUT, SOME ARE RELIEVED ABOUT A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE HEALTH CRISIS, WHILE OTHERS ARE CONCERNED AND SKEPTICAL BASED ON HISTORY. I AM NOT GOING TO GET IT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SCARED. REPORTER: DISTRUST OVER THE COVID-19 VACCINE RUNS HIGH AMONG BLACK AMERICANS. WHEN YOU HAVE A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BLACK PEOPLE IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET BLACK PEOPLE TO TRUST THAT SAME SYSTEM. REPORTER: THE CYCLE OF SKEPTICISM TODAY STEMS FROM A HISTORY OF HARMFUL MEDICAL TRIALS AND VACCINES LIKE THE TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT, WHERE HUNDREDS OF BLACKS DIED. LIKE RHONDA JOHNSON, OTHERS ARE DIED. YOU CANNOT C
Officials at Baptist Health Corbin announced Tuesday that the Pfizer COVID–19 vaccine has arrived on site.
The hospital was one of 11 across Kentucky that Gov. Andy Beshear announced would be recipients of the initial shipment as part of the effort to immunize frontline healthcare workers.
The shipment contained 975 doses of the vaccine, which will be offered to the employees, with vaccinations to begin today “No one will be forced to take it,” said Debbie Hardin, Marketing Director at the hospital.
With 1,174 employees at the hospital, Hardin said frontline workers will have priority for the vaccine.
“We know the vaccine is vitally important to getting back to normal, and we are thankful to be a part of this effort to eradicate COVID-19,” said Anthony Powers, President of Baptist Health Corbin. “We stand ready to play a key role in this crucial initiative as we begin vaccinating our front-line health workers and our community as more supplies of vaccine become a
Currently on ventilator: 246
Top counties with the most positive cases today are: Jefferson, Fayette, Warren, Daviess and Madison. Each of these counties reported 100 or more new cases; Jefferson County alone reported 418.
The red zone counties for this week can be found here. Community leaders, businesses, schools and families in these counties should all follow red zone reduction recommendations, as well as other orders and guidance.
Those reported lost to the virus today include a 68-year-old man from Boyd County; a 62-year-old woman from Caldwell County; a 77-year-old and 80-year old man from Daviess County; an 88-year-old woman from Graves County; a 77-year-old man from Hardin County; five men from Jefferson County, ages, 61, 64, 78, 83 and 92; a 90-year-old man from McCracken County; and three women from Ohio County, ages 87, and two, both of whom were 91.
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