Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 12.59%.
Deaths: We are sad to report 1 new death since our last report. We have experienced a total of 488 deaths resulting in a 1.89% mortality rate (about 1 in 53) among known cases. This compares with a 1.42% mortality rate at the state level and a 1.68% mortality rate at the national level. Our hearts and prayers go out to all the families and friends who have lost loved ones.
Hospitalizations: We presently have 46 cases in the hospital. This is 1 less than what we reported in our last report. We have had a total of 1,395 hospitalizations resulting in a 5.4% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 19) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 4.78%. The latest data shows that 91.11% of Lake Cumberland’s ICU beds are filled, and 30.16% of ventilator capacity is being utilized.
Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 25,823 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 12.36% 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, 0.76% are reinfections, and 4.25% contracted the virus after being fully vaccinated (breakthrough cases). In the last week, 10.25% of our new cases were breakthrough cases.
Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 151 cases since our last report from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 15; Casey: 16; Clinton: 6; Cumberland: 5; Green: 6; McCreary: 15; Pulaski: 44; Russell: 12; Taylor: 24; and, Wayne: 8. In all, we have released 94.7% of our total cases.
Active (Current) Cases: Since our last report, we added 42 more cases than we had deceased and/or released cases. This leaves us with 891 active cases in our district across all 10 of our district’s 10 counties. On 12/10/2020 we were at our peak number of active cases, 1,338.
Where Did Cases Visit Prior to Isolation: The most common places cases visited prior to isolation are (in descending order): Businesses, Schools, Medical Facilities, and Family. Of our active cases, 35% can not be tied back to another known case (community-spread cases).
New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 194 since our last report. Our new cases (including suspect cases) are as follows: Adair: 28; Casey: 11; Clinton: 6; Cumberland: 6; Green: 20; McCreary: 11; Pulaski: 43; Russell: 20; Taylor: 40; and, Wayne: 9. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.00602. This means our total case count is projected to double every 115.48 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 12/30/2020 when we added 301 cases.
The death we report today was a Pulaski County resident (unvaccinated) who was in the 40-49 year age group. Our hearts break for this family.
Additionally, out of today’s 195 reported cases, of them were in individuals age 18 or younger.
