Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 2.28%.
Deaths: We are pleased to report no new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 453 deaths resulting in a 2.01% mortality rate (about 1 in 50) among known cases. This compares with a 1.54% mortality rate at the state level and a 1.79% mortality rate at the national level.
Hospitalizations: We presently have 11 cases in the hospital. This is 1 less than what we reported yesterday. We have had a total of 1,268 hospitalizations resulting in a 5.61% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 18) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 5.04%. The latest data shows that 84.44% of Lake Cumberland’s ICU beds are filled, and 21.67% of ventilator capacity is being utilized.
Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 22,583 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 10.81% of our total population has been a confirmed case. However, we do not know how many additional people may have had COVID-19 and were either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and never tested. Of our total cases, 0.52% are reinfections, and 1.59% contracted the virus after having received at least 1 dose of the vaccine.
Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 12 cases today from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 8; Casey: 1; Green: 1; and, McCreary: 2. Pulaski: -3; Russell: 2; and, Wayne: 1. In all, we have released 97.7% of our total cases.
Active (Current) Cases: Taking into account deaths and releases, our active cases decreased by 9 more than the new cases we added today. This leaves us with 65 active cases in our district across 9 of our district’s 10 counties. On 12/10/2020 we were at our peak number of active cases, 1,335.
Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Family, Businesses, Medical Facilities, and Schools. Of our active cases, 9% can not be tied back to another known case (community-spread cases).
New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 3 today. Our new cases increased as follows: Adair: 2; and, Casey: 1. Green: 2; Pulaski: -7; Taylor: 4; and, Wayne: 1. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.0006. This means our total case count is projected to double every 1190.62 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 12/30/2020 when we added 301 cases. Today’s new cases include:
Adair: A 51-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Adair: A 7-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Casey: A 65-year-old male who is hospitalized, still symptomatic;
Green: A 22-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Green: A 65-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Pulaski: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 38-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 39-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Pulaski: A 46-year-old female who is released, Resolved;
Pulaski: A 6-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Taylor: A 11-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 59-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 67-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
Taylor: A 74-year-old female who is self-isolated, Asymptomatic;
Wayne: A 73-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic;
A close look at our numbers today may appear that Pulaski’s numbers are off today. This is because 6 duplicate cases were deleted and 6 historic cases were converted to suspect cases.
We added more new cases today than for the same time period last week (106) so our 7-day-average incidence rate of new cases per 100,000 went up.
