Grayson County’s coronavirus numbers have remained low over the last week, according to the latest update from the Grayson County Health Department (GCHD).
On Wednesday, in its first update since June 2, GCHD Director Josh Embry reported only six new cases of the virus have been confirmed, raising the county’s COVID-19 case count to 2,284 (about one case per 11.8 Grayson Co. residents).
Embry said six patients are currently hospitalized. No new deaths were announced, leaving the county’s death toll at 57.
The county’s rate of occurrence, 3.2 cases per day per 100,000 residents over the last seven days, remained the same as June 2.
Since on the onset of pandemic, 2,221 people (97.2 percent) have recovered from the virus.
Seven Kentucky counties reported zero new coronavirus cases over the last seven days, including Hancock, Carlisle, Washington, McCreary, Magoffin, Lewis, and Robertson.
A cautionary tale, though, is offered by Webster County, as over the last two days the western Kentucky county’s rate of occurrence more than doubled from 15.5 cases per day per 100,000 residents to 32 cases per day per 100,000. The rapid upward movement of Webster County’s incident rate propelled the county in the “red zone,” indicating a “critical” spread of the virus, according to the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
Currently, Webster County is the only of Kentucky’s 120 counties in the “red.”
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
