Month: January 2021

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 12.45%. Deaths: We are happy to report no new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 280 deaths resulting in a 1.81% mortality rate (about 1 in 55) among known […]

FRANKFORT – The General Assembly gave final passage Saturday to legislation relating to the reopening of Kentucky’s economy in response to the governor’s state of emergency intended to stop the spread of COVID-19.  The measure, […]

Unemployment in Russell County increased slightly in November, rising 0.6 percent from 5.2 percent to 5.8 percent. Unemployment rates rose in 104 Kentucky counties between November 2019 and November 2020, according to the Kentucky Center […]

Good morning everyone and we have made it to the end of the first full week of 2021. We are still continuing to watch for the chances of snow today, but it does not look […]

Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) recognized 28 Kentucky organizations for their commitment to workplace safety by presenting each of them with the 2020 KEMI Destiny Award. One of those recipients was Russell County Hospital. The […]

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 11.93%. Deaths: We are happy to report no new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 276 deaths resulting in a 1.84% mortality rate (about 1 in 54) among known […]