Trigg County has added 28 new COVID-19 cases to its December total with half the cases involving people 60 and older.
Information released by the Pennyrile District Health Department Monday showed 14 of the new cases reported since Friday were in the 60 to 85 age group and one 86 and older. Another 13 cases were in the 22 to 59 age group.
In December, 47-percent of Trigg County’s new cases are in the 22 to 59 age group. Another 40-percent of the month’s cases are between the ages of 60 and 85.
Despite schools not offering in-person classes since before Thanksgiving, only 18 cases or less than one per day has been reported in the 21 and under age group in the county.
It appears the number of new coronavirus cases may be declining in Caldwell County with four cases announced Friday afternoon, the fifth consecutive day of single-digit cases.
The Pennyrile District Health Department reported the new cases include three females, ages 2-months, 17, and 36, and one male who is 47-years old. All of the cases are isolated at home.
The health department also released its weekly report Friday which shows 758 cases have been confirmed in Caldwell County since March. Of that number, 51 are currently active with two of those cases in the hospital. There have been seventeen COVID-19 related deaths and 691 recoveries.
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There were five new coronavirus cases Friday in Trigg County.
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Trigg County had another double-digit day of COVID-19 cases Wednesday with five of the 12 cases reported involving people 60 and older.
The Pennyrile District Health Department has recorded 95 cases in Trigg County in the past week, with just under half in the 60 to 84 age group. Six cases in the last week have required hospitalizations.
Two of the cases reported Wednesday involve people 21 and under.
The increase in cases comes as two long term care facilities in the county are working through outbreaks in their facilities.