An elementary school student in Hardin County is one of 14 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Kentucky.
As of early Friday evening, 63 people have been diagnosed with the virus. Three of those patients are under the age of 18; an eight-month-old baby, a six-year-old child and the newly announced elementary school age child in Hardin County.
The new patients diagnosed on Friday are from Hardin, Henderson, Jefferson, Warren, Pulaski, Calloway, and Fayette counties. Hardin and Calloway counties experienced their first diagnosis of the virus.
Currently, Jefferson County leads the state with 27 confirmed cases, while Fayette County is next with 10 patients.
Two deaths have been attributed to COVID-19; a 64-year-old Jefferson County man who passed away on Friday, March 13, is now listed as a coronavirus victim and an elderly Bourbon County man died earlier this week.
Two patients in the state have recovered from the illness.
In addition to announcing his recommendation on Friday that schools remain closed until April 20, Gov. Andy Beshear said the state is extending its tax deadline until July 15, the same as the federal tax deadline extension.
The governor also said he “would have to consider” mail-in voting for June’s Primary Election.
40 members of Pulaski County quarantined
Pulaski County officials say 40 members of a church have been quarantined after one of its member, a 59-year-old woman, was diagnosed with the virus.
“Very likely, what happened with this lady is that she felt well, went to church, didn’t know there was a problem,” Shawn Crabtree, Director of the Lake Cumberland District Health Department, told media outlets. “A day or two later, there is a problem, and you’ve spread the virus.”
Visit Kentucky’s coronavirus website, https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/pages/covid19.aspx, for information and guidance about the virus.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
